# setup

Pronunciation: US say "SET-up" /ˈsɛtʌp/; UK

## Noun

1. The overall arrangement or organization of something, including how its parts are laid out.
   - Simple: The way something is put together or arranged.
   - _The team praised the conference's seating setup for encouraging conversation._
   - _Her home studio setup lets her record music and edit video in one place._
2. An arrangement of equipment or apparatus intended for a particular use.
   - Simple: A set of equipment put together to do a certain job.
   - _The band's audio setup took two hours to assemble before the show._
   - _Scientists tested the new laser setup in the lab._
3. A situation arranged in secret to frame someone and shift the blame onto them.
   - Simple: A trick made to make someone look guilty of something they did not do.
   - _The detective realized the planted evidence pointed to a deliberate setup._
   - _She insisted the bribery accusation was a setup designed to ruin her campaign._
4. The work of preparing machines, materials, and other resources for a particular operation, for example one production run of a given product.
   - Simple: The work of getting machines and materials ready before making a product.
   - _Reducing the machine setup between batches saved the plant several hours each week._
   - _The line operator logged the setup before beginning the production run._
5. A move or series of moves meant to provoke a reaction that opens a gap in the opponent's defense.
   - Simple: A move made to trick an opponent into leaving an opening you can hit.
   - _The fighter's left hook was a setup that pulled his rival's hands high, exposing the body._
   - _Coaches drilled the feint-and-cross setup until the opening came automatically._
6. A program that installs software onto a computer; an installer.
   - Simple: A program that puts software onto a computer.
   - _Run the setup and follow the prompts to install the editing software._
   - _The download came with a setup that placed all the files in the right folders._
7. The tendency of steady wind to raise water levels on the downwind shore of a body of water and lower them on the upwind shore.
   - Simple: The way steady wind pushes water higher on one shore of a lake and lower on the other.
   - _The setup along the lake's downwind shore raised water levels by nearly a meter during the storm._
   - _Forecasters warned that persistent gales would create a strong setup against the harbor._

## Origin

Formed from the verb "set up," used as a noun.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/setup (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).