setup

See also: set-up and set up

English

Alternative forms

• set-up

Etymology

Deverbal from set up.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĕt'ŭp', IPA^(key): /ˈsɛtʌp/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

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.

   • 1993, Billboard, volume 105, number 21, page 106:

     Shapiro says KYW would keep two separate news staffs that would work together, similar to WBZ's setup.

   • 25 November 2022, Jonathan Tannenwald, “U.S. dominates England for long stretches, but plays to 0-0 tie at World Cup”, in The Philadeplhia Inquirer‎^[1]:

     For some stretches, Berhalter’s usual 4-3-3 setup played more as a 4-4-2, with Tim Weah pushing up alongside Wright and McKennie moving to the right side.

3. A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.

   Trust me, that was a setup!

4. (computing) An installer.
   • 1995 August 28, InfoWorld, page 80:

     You still have to run the setup and select the display driver after restarting Windows. Installing Windows NT drivers was tedious (but we could back up system files), and OS/2 was tiresome; […]

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.

6. (hydrology) The tendency of persistent wind to produce higher water levels at the downwind shore of a body of water and lower at the upwind shore.

   There was a strong wind setup at the south end of the lake after a day of northerly gales.

7. (boxing) A move or set of moves which are meant to draw out a reaction which leaves an exploitable opening in defense.

   The jab is most commonly used as a setup for other strikes.

Synonyms

• (equipment): apparatus, loadout
• (the fashion in which something is organized or arranged): configuration, layout
• (situation orchestrated to frame someone): frameup, stitch-up

Derived terms

• setup block
• setup fee
• setup man

 

Related terms

• set up, the adjective and verb

Translations

Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus

• Bulgarian: устано́вка (bg) f (ustanóvka)
• Danish: opstilling (da) c, opsætning c
• Estonian: seaded
• Finnish: laitteisto (fi)
• French: installation (fr)
• German: Einrichtung (de) f, Vorrichtung (de) f, Gerät (de) n, Installation (de) f
• Italian: apparecchio (it) m, dispositivo (it) m
• Russian: устано́вка (ru) f (ustanóvka)

The fashion in which something is organized or arranged

• Bulgarian: устройство (bg) n (ustrojstvo), организация (bg) f (organizacija)
• Estonian: seadistus
• Finnish: järjestely (fi)
• German: Einrichtung (de) f, Anordnung (de) f, Aufbau (de) m
• Greek: εγκατάσταση (el) f (egkatástasi)
• Italian: impostazione (it) f, configurazione (it) f, assetto (it) m, situazione (it) f, allestimento (it) m, impianto (it) m

situation orchestrated to frame someone

• Bulgarian: постановка (bg) f (postanovka)
• Estonian: lavastus
• Finnish: lavastus (fi)
• French: coup monté (fr) m
• German: Inszenierung (de) f, abgekartetes Spiel n, Falle (de) f
• Italian: macchinazione (it) f
• Portuguese: armação (pt) f
• Russian: подста́ва (ru) f (podstáva)

computing: an installer

• Bulgarian: инсталатор m (instalator)
• Czech: instalátor m
• Esperanto: agordilo, instal-asistanto, instalilo
• Finnish: asennusohjelma
• Galician: instalador m
• Georgian: ინსტალატორი (insṭalaṭori)
• German: Installationsprogramm n, Installer m
• Hungarian: telepítő (hu)
• 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

• TUPEs, Tse-p'u, puets, spute, stupe, upset

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch stoven, from Middle Dutch stoven. Compare to Afrikaans stoof.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [səˈtʊp]
• Hyphenation: sê‧tup

Noun

sêtup

1. (cook) the cooking of simmering.

Alternative forms

• setop

Derived terms

• disetup
• menyetup
• penyetupan

 

Further reading

• “setup” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.