setup

See also: set-up and set up

English

Alternative forms

• set-up

Etymology

From set +‎ up.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĕt'ŭp'

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. An act to frame someone; an effort or arrangement aimed at placing 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
• (effort or arrangement aimed at placing the blame on somebody): frameup, stitch-up

Related terms

• set up, the adjective and verb

Translations

Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus

• Estonian: seaded
• Finnish: laitteisto (fi)
• French: installation (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Einrichtung (de) f, Vorrichtung (de) f, Gerät (de) n, Installation (de) f
• Italian: apparecchio (it) m, dispositivo (it) m

The fashion in which something is organized or arranged

• Estonian: seadistus
• Finnish: järjestely (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Einrichtung (de) f, Anordnung (de) f, Aufbau (de) m

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

• Estonian: lavastus
• Finnish: lavastus (fi)
• French: coup monté (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Inszenierung (de) f, abgekartetes Spiel n, Falle (de) f
• Italian: macchinazione (it) f

computing: an installer

• Czech: instalátor m
• Esperanto: agordilo, instal-asistanto, instalilo
• Finnish: asennusohjelma
• Galician: instalador m
• Georgian: ინსტალატორი (insṭalaṭori)
• German: Installationsprogramm n, Installer m
• Hungarian: telepítő
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Indonesian: pemasang (id)
• Malay: pemasang
• Polish: instalator (pl) m
• Serbo-Croatian: instalacijski alat m, instalacijski program m
• Slovene: namestitveno orodje n
• Spanish: instalador m
• Swedish: installationsprogram (sv) n

Verb

setup

1. Misspelling of set up.

Anagrams

• puets, spute, stupe, upset