SETUP

setup, frame-up

(noun) an act that incriminates someone on a false charge

apparatus, setup

(noun) equipment designed to serve a specific function

setup

(noun) the way something is organized or arranged; “it takes time to learn the setup around here”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

setup (plural setups)

Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.

The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.

A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.

(computing) An installer.

(operations) The process of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.

(hydrology) The tendency of persistent wind to produce higher water levels at the downwind shore of a body of water and lower at the upwind shore.

Synonyms

• (equipment): apparatus

• (the fashion in which something is organized or arranged): configuration, layout

• (situation orchestrated to frame someone): frameup, stitch-up

Verb

setup

Misspelling of set up.

Anagrams

• TUPEs, puets, spute, stupe, upset

Source: Wiktionary



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