to set up
683
3.4
- phrasal verb
- /sɛt ʌp/
:
establecer
- At the time King came before the Court, only fourteen states had set up their own exchanges.
- set up shop
- set up a system
- set up a meeting
Make sure your kids are set up no matter what happens.
- Make sure your kids are set up no matter what happens.
- it it seems to me that the system was set up so well
- The rule of law was set up to guarantee property, not rights.
- They're boundaries you set up within your own bounds.
- The first is you need to set up an FU fund.
- I am actually going to set up a meeting with our VP.
- And my intent was simply to set up a meeting.
- Yeah, well, we were trying to set up a fight with God Holyfield.
- So each they've set up a competitive system for towns.
Examples
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They decided to set up a new nonprofit organization to help the local community.
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You could set up a studio, do work there.
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Well, then, I will contact the agency and set up a meeting to see about getting your job back.
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I went to prison, got out, set up a business, a yard.
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It's a nice example of a legal system set up to respond to the will of its citizens.
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Set up a business plan and make it happen.
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Wendy set up an entire feast in the kitchen.
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David and Elizabeth Emanuel set up their fashion business in London's Brook Street in 1977.
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The team worked hard to set up the new software system before the launch date.
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After years of planning, she finally set up her own bakery in the neighborhood.
Synonyms
988
2.8
To make something by joining parts, like a model, plan or team
772
4.1
To start something that is meant to last
504
3.7
To start something new with energy, often in public
480
3.2
To set up a machine or computer program so it works
305
3.9
Create something like a company, school, or town
169
2.9
To put parts together to make something like a machine or toy
47
5.2
To change the settings of a device like a computer for a specific use
25
2.8
To arrange a meeting or appointment
16
3.2
To begin a new business or project
Antonyms
How Established
- US
16
7.1
772
4.1
305
3.9
683
3.4
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The constituents 'set' (to prepare/arrange) and 'up' (completion/positioning) give a partial cue — one can infer arranging or placing someone into a situation — but the specific sense 'to trick or frame someone' is an extended, partly idiomatic meaning that is not fully predictable from the parts. Because the deceit/frame sense requires prior exposure or contextual inference rather than straightforward composition, it is best classified as semi-transparent.
Etymology
Set up comes from the image of raising or placing things like a tent or market stall, where you set the parts and put them up to start. That clear picture of 'making something in a place' explains why it now means 'to establish or start' a business, organisation, or system.