Definition of Setup

1. Noun. Equipment designed to serve a specific function.


2. Noun. The way something is organized or arranged. "It takes time to learn the setup around here"
Generic synonyms: Fashion, Manner, Mode, Style, Way
Language type: Colloquialism

3. Noun. An act that incriminates someone on a false charge.
Exact synonyms: Frame-up
Generic synonyms: Falsehood, Falsification
Derivative terms: Set Up

Definition of Setup

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

2. Noun. The fashion in which something is organized or arranged. ¹

3. Noun. An act to frame someone; an effort or arrangement aimed at placing the blame on somebody. ¹

4. Noun. (computing) An installer. ¹

5. Noun. (context: operations) The process of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Setup

1. the way something is arranged [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Setup

settling down
settling someone's hash
settling up
settlings
settlor
settlors
setts
setuale
setuales
setula
setulae
setule
setules
setulose
setulous
setup (current term)
setup fee
setups
setwall
setwalls
seuen
seveare
seven
seven-day fever
seven-league boots
seven-membered
seven-second delay
seven-shooter
seven-shooters
seven-spot

Literary usage of Setup

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Backup Book: Disaster Recovery from Desktop to Data Center by Dorian J. Cougias, E. L. Heiberger, Karsten Koop (2003)
"System crushes Monitoring for system crashes is the first phase of the setup process and the primary window tab that appears when the application is ..."

2. SAS(R) 9.1.3 ETL Studio:: User's Guide by SAS Publishing, SAS Institute (2004)
"This chapter describes the main installation and setup tasks, and it identifies ... The SAS Software Navigator also generates setup instructions that are ..."

3. Supporting Local Health Care in a Chronic Crisis: Management And Financing by Dennis Dijkzeul, Caroline Lynch (2006)
"Organizational setup A memorandum of understanding between the IRC and the zone bureau sets out the basic forms of cooperation between them and the health ..."

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