setup

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Noun

setup (plural setups)

1. Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.

   The laboratory included an elaborate setup for measuring the energy.

2. The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.

   The classroom setup was simple and efficient.

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

   Trust me, that was a setup!

4. (computing) An installer.

   After inserting the disk, run the setup.

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

   A simple setup on the bottling line involves reloading bottles and labels; emptying, cleaning, and reloading the tanks; and a test run.

Synonyms

• (equipment) apparatus
• (the fashion in which something is organized or arranged) configuration, layout
• (situation orchestrated to frame someone) frameup, stitch-up

Related terms

• set up, the adjective and verb

Translations

• French: installation
• German: Einrichtung, Vorrichtung, Gerät, Installation
• Italian: apparecchio, dispositivo
• Russian: устано́вка

Translations

• German: Einrichtung, Anordnung, Aufbau

Translations

• French: coup monté
• German: Inszenierung, abgekartetes Spiel, Falle
• Italian: macchinazione
• Russian: подста́ва

Translations

• German: Installationsprogramm, Installer
• Spanish: instalador

Verb

1. Misspelling of set up

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