v.

1. set up or found;
   establish, found, launch
   
   • She set up a literacy program
2. create by putting components or members together;
   assemble, piece, put together, tack, tack together
   
   • She pieced a quilt
   • He tacked together some verses
   • They set up a committee
3. construct, build, or erect;
   raise, erect, rear, put up
   
   • Raise a barn
4. get ready for a particular purpose or event;
   lay out, set
   
   • set up an experiment
   • set the table
   • lay out the tools for the surgery
5. put into a proper or systematic order;
   arrange
   
   • arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order
6. begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.
   
   • set up an election
7. take or catch as if in a snare or trap;
   ensnare, entrap, frame
   
   • I was set up!
   • The innocent man was framed by the police
8. produce;
   effect, effectuate
   
   • The scientists set up a shock wave
9. set up for use;
   install, instal, put in
   
   • install the washer and dryer
   • We put in a new sink
10. place;
    install, instal, establish
    
    • Her manager had set her up at the Ritz
11. arrange the outcome of by means of deceit;
    rig
    
    • rig an election
12. erect and fasten;
    pitch
    
    • pitch a tent
13. arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events;
    arrange, put, order
    
    • arrange my schedule
    • set up one's life
    • I put these memories with those of bygone times
14. equip with sails or masts;
    rig, set
    
    • rig a ship
15. make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc;
    fix, prepare, ready, gear up, set
    
    • Get the children ready for school!
    • prepare for war
    • I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill

adj.

1. well established and ready to function
   
   • things I can do now that I'm set up