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set-up

set-up
S s

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [set uhp]
    • /sɛt ʌp/
    • /set ʌp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [set uhp]
    • /sɛt ʌp/

Definitions of set-up word

  • noun set-up Surveying. station (def 14a). a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station. a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid. 1
  • noun set-up setting-up exercise. 1
  • noun set-up arrangement 1
  • noun set-up gathered equipment 1
  • noun set-up computing: installation 1
See all 5 definitions of set-up

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Parts of speech for Set-up

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Set-up

set-up popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

Synonyms for set-up

adj set-up

noun set-up

  • blind date — A blind date is an arrangement made for you to spend a romantic evening with someone you have never met before.
  • booby-trap — A booby-trap is something such as a bomb which is hidden or disguised and which causes death or injury when it is touched.
  • deadfall — a type of trap, used esp for catching large animals, in which a heavy weight falls to crush the prey
  • foundation — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
  • mousetrap — a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.

adjective set-up

  • adjusted — psychologically well or badly equipped to cope with reality and ordinary life and relationships
  • circumscribed — to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map.
  • designed — made or done intentionally; intended; planned.
  • groomed — Simple past tense and past participle of groom.
  • methodized — Simple past tense and past participle of methodize.
All 24 Synonyms of set-up

Antonyms for set-up

adjective set-up

  • misbehaving — to behave badly or improperly: The children misbehaved during our visit.
Just one Antonym for set-up

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