setup

English

/ˈsɛtˌʌp/

noun
Definitions
  • Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
  • The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
  • A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.
  • (computing) An installer.
  • (operations) The process of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.
  • (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.

Etymology

Compound from English set + English up (a higher degree, adverb).

Origin

English

up

Gloss

a higher degree, adverb

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