setup

English Online Dictionary. What means setup‎? What does setup mean?

English

Alternative forms

• set-up

Etymology

Deverbal from set up.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĕt'ŭp', IPA^(key): /ˈsɛtʌp/

Noun

setup (plural setups)

1. Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.

2. The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
3. A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.

4. (computing) An installer.
6. (operations) The process or instance of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.

7. (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.

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

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

Related terms

• set up, the adjective and verb

Translations

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

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 of Indonesia, 2016.