Definition of SETUP

setup

Meanings

Plural: setups

Noun

  • equipment designed to serve a specific function
  • the way something is organized or arranged
    • "it takes time to learn the setup around here"
  • an act that incriminates someone on a false charge
  • 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.
  • An installer.
  • The process or instance of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.
  • 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.
  • A move or set of moves which are meant to draw out a reaction which leaves an exploitable opening in defense.

Verb

  • Misspelling of set up.

Origin / Etymology

Deverbal from set up.

Synonyms

apparatus, configuration, frame-up, frameup, layout, loadout, stitch-up

Scrabble Score: 7

setup is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
setup is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
setup is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

setup is a valid Words With Friends word