set up
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
set up or found
She set up a literacy program
Types & categories
- open hypernym
Related & opposite
- abolish antonym
- establishment derivation
- founding derivation
- foundation derivation
- founder derivation
Sense 2 verb
create by putting components or members together
She pieced a quilt
Types & categories
- bring together hypernym
- create hypernym
- confection hyponym
- mix up hyponym
- reassemble hyponym
- configure hyponym
- compound hyponym
- rig up hyponym
Related & opposite
- break apart antonym
- assemblage derivation
- piece derivation
- collection derivation
Sense 3 verb
construct, build, or erect
Raise a barn
Types & categories
- build hypernym
Related & opposite
- dismantle antonym
- erecting derivation
- erection derivation
- construction domain topic
Sense 4 verb
get ready for a particular purpose or event
set up an experiment
Types & categories
- prepare hypernym
Related & opposite
- place setting derivation
- readiness derivation
Sense 5 verb
put into a proper or systematic order
arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order
Types & categories
- put hypernym
- regularize hyponym
- order hyponym
- order hyponym
- straighten hyponym
- rearrange hyponym
- serialize hyponym
- alphabetize hyponym
- coordinate hyponym
- stratify hyponym
- string hyponym
- marshal hyponym
- string hyponym
- string out hyponym
- preen hyponym
- stack hyponym
- chain hyponym
- geminate hyponym
- concord hyponym
- cascade hyponym
- settle hyponym
- pyramid hyponym
- corral hyponym
- catenate hyponym
- decorate hyponym
- array hyponym
- wad hyponym
- pile hyponym
- stagger hyponym
- drape hyponym
- drape hyponym
- set hyponym
- gradate hyponym
- line up hyponym
Related & opposite
- disarrange antonym
- placement derivation
- organizer derivation
Sense 6 verb
begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.
set up an election
Types & categories
- machinate hypernym
Sense 7 verb
take or catch as if in a snare or trap
I was set up!
Types & categories
- deceive hypernym
Related & opposite
- frame-up derivation
- entrapment derivation
Sense 8 verb
produce
The scientists set up a shock wave
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 9 verb
set up for use
install the washer and dryer
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- installation derivation
Sense 10 verb
place
Her manager had set her up at the Ritz
Related & opposite
- facility derivation
Sense 11 verb
arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
rig an election
Types & categories
- chisel hypernym
Related & opposite
- swindle derivation
Sense 12 verb
erect and fasten
pitch a tent
Types & categories
Sense 13 verb
arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
arrange my schedule
Types & categories
- organize hypernym
- contemporize hyponym
- phrase hyponym
Related & opposite
- ordering derivation
Sense 14 verb
equip with sails or masts
rig a ship
Types & categories
- outfit hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 15 verb
make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
Get the children ready for school!
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- preparation derivation
- readiness derivation
- readiness derivation
- ready derivation
- propaedeutic derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | abolish |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | establishment |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | founding |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | foundation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | founder |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | open |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | break apart |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | assemblage |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | piece |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | collection |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | bring together |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | create |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | confection |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | mix up |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | reassemble |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | configure |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | compound |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rig up |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | dismantle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | erecting |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | erection |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | construction |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | build |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | place setting |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | readiness |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | prepare |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | disarrange |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | placement |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | organizer |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | put |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | regularize |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | order |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | order |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | straighten |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | rearrange |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | serialize |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | alphabetize |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | coordinate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | stratify |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | string |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | marshal |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | string |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | string out |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | preen |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | stack |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | chain |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | geminate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | concord |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | cascade |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | settle |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | pyramid |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | corral |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | catenate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | decorate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | array |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | wad |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | pile |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | stagger |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | drape |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | drape |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | set |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | gradate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | line up |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | machinate |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | frame-up |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | entrapment |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | deceive |
| 8 | causes | Related & opposite | hap |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | effectuation |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | effect |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | effector |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | effect |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | effect |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | effective |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | effective |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | cause |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | carry out |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | draw |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | precipitate |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | induce |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | serve |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | installation |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | put |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | retrofit |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | reinstall |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | put up |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | facility |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | swindle |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | chisel |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | erect |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | camp down |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | ordering |
| 13 | hypernym | Types & categories | organize |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | contemporize |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | phrase |
| 14 | derivation | Related & opposite | rigging |
| 14 | derivation | Related & opposite | rigging |
| 14 | derivation | Related & opposite | rigger |
| 14 | hypernym | Types & categories | outfit |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | preparation |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | readiness |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | readiness |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | ready |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | propaedeutic |
| 15 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 15 | hyponym | Types & categories | socialize |
| 15 | hyponym | Types & categories | provide |
| 15 | hyponym | Types & categories | cram |
| 15 | hyponym | Types & categories | precondition |
| 15 | hyponym | Types & categories | fix |
| 15 | hyponym | Types & categories | mount |
| 15 | hyponym | Types & categories | lay out |
| 15 | hyponym | Types & categories | winterize |
| 15 | hyponym | Types & categories | summerize |
| 15 | hyponym | Types & categories | prime |
| 15 | hyponym | Types & categories | crop |
| 15 | hyponym | Types & categories | brace |