setting up Antonyms

Meaning of setting up

setting up

to put (a machine) in readiness or adjustment for an operation, a camera position from which a scene is filmed, frame sense 3, to bring or restore to normal health, to place in view, to pay for (drinks), the way in which something is set up, something done by deceit or trickery in order to compromise or frame someone, to cause to happen, to assemble the parts of, to establish one's living quarters, to tighten firmly, to become firm, to start a business or activity in a particular place, constitution, makeup, to raise to and place in a high position, the footage taken from one camera position, to place upright, to put in a compromising or dangerous position usually by trickery or deceit, project, plan, a table setting, the manner in which the elements or components of a machine, apparatus, or system are arranged, designed, or assembled, to make pretensions, to put forward (something, such as a plan) for acceptance, erect and soldierly bearing, glass, ice, and mixer served to patrons who supply their own liquor, something easy to get or accomplish, found, inaugurate, to execute one or more plays in preparation for scoring, carriage of the body, to assemble the parts of and erect in position, to make taut (a stay or hawser), to come into active operation or use, to cause (one) to take on a soldierly or athletic appearance especially through drill, cause, create, the preparation and adjustment of machines for an assigned task, the execution of a planned scoring play in sports, to claim oneself to be, to erect (a perpendicular or a figure) on a base in a drawing, to raise from depression, the assembly and arrangement of the tools and apparatus required for the performance of an operation, to make proud or vain, erect entry 2 sense 1, to make carefully worked out plans for, to treat (someone) to something, to put in operation, to place in power or in office, to begin business, a position of the balls in billiards or pool from which it is easy to score, to put in operation as a way of living, to place in position, bring about, a task or contest purposely made easy, to provide with means of making a living, something (such as a plot) that has been constructed or contrived, to put forward or extol as a model, the patterns within which political, social, or administrative forces operate, the final arrangement of the scenery and properties for a scene of a theatrical or cinematic production

setting up Sentence Examples

  1. We spent hours setting up the elaborate stage for the school play.
  2. The contractor was setting up the scaffolding for the building renovation.
  3. She carefully set up the coffee maker to brew a fresh pot.
  4. The technician set up the new computer system for the office.
  5. The organizers were setting up the tents and chairs for the outdoor event.
  6. My husband is setting up the patio furniture for the summer.
  7. The paramedics were setting up intravenous lines for the injured patient.
  8. The chef set up the buffet with an exquisite display of dishes.
  9. I'm setting up a new email account to manage my work correspondence.
  10. The navy set up a blockade to prevent enemy ships from entering the harbor.

FAQs About the word setting up

to put (a machine) in readiness or adjustment for an operation, a camera position from which a scene is filmed, frame sense 3, to bring or restore to normal hea

putting, depositing, positioning, situating, placing, locating, deposing, emplacing, disposing,laying

removing, taking, relocating,replacing, displacing, supplanting, dislodging,banishing, superseding

We spent hours setting up the elaborate stage for the school play.

The contractor was setting up the scaffolding for the building renovation.

She carefully set up the coffee maker to brew a fresh pot.

The technician set up the new computer system for the office.