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According to WordNet, the verb "set_up" has 15 sense(s).

201661472 begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.; "set up an election".

202578008 take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police".

200406243 make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill".

201642924 produce; "The scientists set up a shock wave".

200408085 equip with sails or masts; "rig a ship".

201463963 put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order".

201569566 set up for use; "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink".

201656788 create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee".

200735571 arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times".

201570108 place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz".

202573127 arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; "rig an election".

201514126 erect and fasten; "pitch a tent".

202427103 set up or found; "She set up a literacy program".

200407848 get ready for a particular purpose or event; "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery".

201661243 construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn".


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