setup

(noun, verb)

noun

1. equipment designed to serve a specific function

Similar word(s): apparatus

Definition categories: man–made, equipment

2. the way something is organized or arranged

- it takes time to learn the setup around here

Definition categories: attribute, fashion, manner, mode, style, way

3. an act that incriminates someone on a false charge

Definition categories: act, falsehood, falsification

Sentences with setup as a noun:

- The laboratory included an elaborate setup for measuring the energy.

- The classroom setup was simple and efficient.

- Trust me, that was a setup!

- After inserting the disk, run the setup.

- A simple setup on the bottling line involves reloading bottles and labels; emptying, cleaning, and reloading the tanks; and a test run.

verb

1. Misspelling of set up.