setup
- noun
- /ˈsɛtʌp/
- The setup of the conference room included tables arranged in a circle for better discussion.
- an organizational setup
- a system setup
- setup and structure
It's the perfect setup for a narcissistic person.
- It's the perfect setup for a narcissistic person.
- So all of that setup worked out very, very well.
- And it's very core storytelling is about setups and payouts.
- A joke, in its simplest form, is the setup and defeat of an expectation.
- So there was no multi agent self play kind of setup and evolution.
- And this this setup is you take two particles.
- So I thought that like the setup was excellent.
- Good morning from the most dramatic setup ever.
- I feel like the setup was too pronounced.
- And I was trying to do the setup, punchline, setup punchline.
Examples
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I'm just saying this is a setup for success.
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It's pretty much going to be the same setup as my old room.
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So this is exactly the setup which I described.
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So all of that setup worked out very, very well.
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So I thought that like the setup was excellent.
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If ever there was a perfect setup, this is it!
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In this middle school setup, the teachers are grouped together by teams.
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OK, so this is the basic setup of circular polarization.
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That would be quite an elaborate setup, don't you think?
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With this setup, I could read the Pope's diary if I wanted to.
Synonyms
An organized way of doing things to avoid confusion
The way things are placed or organized in a place
The way the parts of something are arranged, like on a page or in a room
How parts are arranged in something, like furniture or a machine
Arranging people or things in a neat, planned order
A careful plan that coordinates people and actions to get a result
A neat arrangement of items for display or easy use
How Organized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Setup The word comes from set up, with set meaning 'to put' and up meaning 'in place'. That's why a setup is the way something is arranged or planned.