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setup

set·up
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [set-uhp]
    • /ˈsɛtˌʌp/
    • /ˈsetʌp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [set-uhp]
    • /ˈsɛtˌʌp/

Definitions of setup word

  • noun setup 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 setup setting-up exercise. 1
  • noun setup hoax, trap 1
  • noun setup art: arrangement of objects 1
  • countable noun setup A particular setup is a particular system or way of organizing something. 0
  • countable noun setup If you describe a situation as a setup, you mean that people have planned it in order to deceive you or to make it look as if you have done something wrong. 0

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Origin of setup

First appearance:

before 1600
One of the 39% oldest English words
First recorded in 1600-10; noun use of verb phrase set up

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Setup

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

setup popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

setup usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for setup

noun setup

  • accoutrement — Accoutrements are all the things you have with you when you travel or when you take part in a particular activity.
  • accoutrements — all the things you have with you when you travel or take part in a particular activity, such as clothing and equipment
  • apparatus — The apparatus of an organization or system is its structure and method of operation.
  • arrangement — Arrangements are plans and preparations which you make so that something will happen or be possible.
  • authoritativeness — having due authority; having the sanction or weight of authority: an authoritative opinion.

adj setup

  • can do — marked by purposefulness and efficiency: a can-do executive.
  • doable — capable of being done.
  • possible — that may or can be, exist, happen, be done, be used, etc.: a disease with no possible cure.

adjective setup

  • cincher — Something that cinches as in holds and fastens, such as a belt or corset.

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