| VERB | social | set up, establish, found, launch | set up or found |
|---|---|---|---|
| creation | set up, assemble, piece, put together, tack, tack together | create by putting components or members together | |
| creation | set up, raise, erect, rear, put up | construct, build, or erect | |
| change | set up, lay out, set | get ready for a particular purpose or event | |
| contact | set up, arrange | put into a proper or systematic order | |
| creation | set up | begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc. | |
| social | set up, ensnare, entrap, frame | take or catch as if in a snare or trap | |
| creation | set up, effect, effectuate | produce | |
| contact | set up, install, instal, put in | set up for use | |
| contact | set up, install, instal, establish | place | |
| social | set up, rig | arrange the outcome of by means of deceit | |
| contact | set up, pitch | erect and fasten | |
| cognition | set up, arrange, put, order | arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events | |
| change | set up, rig, set | equip with sails or masts | |
| change | set up, fix, prepare, ready, gear up, set | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc |
| Meaning | Set up or found. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "She set up a literacy program" | |
| Synonyms | establish, found, launch | |
| Broader | open, open up | start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning |
| Opposite | abolish, get rid of | Do away with |
| Spanish | establecer, fundar, implantar, instaurar, instituir, lanzar | |
| Catalan | establir, fundar, implantar, instaurar, instituir | |
| Meaning | Create by putting components or members together. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "They set up a committee" | |
| Synonyms | assemble, piece, put together, tack, tack together | |
| Narrower | compound | create by mixing or combining |
| confect, confection, comfit | make into a confection | |
| configure | Set up for a particular purpose | |
| jumble, confuse, mix up | Assemble without order or sense | |
| reassemble | Assemble once again, after taking something apart | |
| rig up | Erect or construct, especially as a temporary measure | |
| Broader | join | Cause to become joined / joined or linked |
| make, create | make or cause to be or to become | |
| See also | set | put into a certain place or abstract location |
| Opposite | disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart | take apart into its constituent pieces |
| Spanish | armar, concentrar, congregar, construir, ensamblar, juntar, montar | |
| Catalan | acoblar, ajuntar, armar, collar, concentrar, congregar, muntar | |
| Meaning | Construct, build, or erect. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | raise, erect, rear, put up | |
| Category | construction, building | The act of constructing something |
| Broader | construct, build, make | make by combining materials and parts |
| See also | set | put into a certain place or abstract location |
| Opposite | level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down | tear down so as to make flat with the ground |
| Spanish | alzar, construir, edificar, erigir, levantar | |
| Catalan | aixecar, alçar, construir, erigir | |
| Meaning | Get ready for a particular purpose or event. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "set up an experiment" | |
| Synonyms | lay out, set | |
| Broader | fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc |
| See also | set | put into a certain state |
| Spanish | armar, montar | |
| Catalan | armar, muntar | |
| Meaning | put into a proper or systematic order. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They set up the bags on the table; The men set up the bookshelves | |
| Synonym | arrange | |
| Narrower | alphabetize, alphabetise | arrange in alphabetical order |
| cascade | Arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible | |
| catenate, catenulate | Arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores | |
| chain | Connect or arrange into a chain by linking | |
| concord | arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance | |
| corral | Arrange wagons so that they form a corral | |
| drape | Arrange in a particular way | |
| drape | place casually | |
| dress, decorate | Provide with decoration | |
| gradate | Arrange according to grades | |
| line up | form a line | |
| marshal | Arrange in logical order | |
| order | Bring order to or into | |
| order | place in a certain order | |
| organize, organise, coordinate | Bring order and organization to | |
| pack, bundle, wad, compact | compress into a wad | |
| pair, geminate | Arrange in pairs | |
| preen, plume | clean with one's bill | |
| pyramid | arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid | |
| range, array, lay out, set out | Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line | |
| rearrange | put into a new order or arrangement / arrangement / arrangement | |
| regularize, regularise | make regular or more regular | |
| serialize, serialise | arrange serially | |
| set | Fix in a border | |
| settle | Arrange or fix in the desired order | |
| stack, pile, heap | Arrange in stacks | |
| stack | arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances | |
| stagger, distribute | To arrange in a systematic order | |
| straighten | make straight or straighter | |
| stratify | form layers or strata | |
| string, thread, draw | thread on or as if on a string | |
| string | stretch out or arrange like a string | |
| string out, spread out | Set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series | |
| Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay | Put into a certain place or abstract location |
| See also | set | put into a certain place or abstract location |
| Opposite | disarrange | Destroy the arrangement / arrangement or order of |
| Spanish | arreglar, colocar, disponer | |
| Catalan | agençar, arranjar, arreglar, col·locar, disposar, organitzar, planificar | |
| Meaning | Begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "set up an election" | |
| Broader | organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate | Arrange by systematic planning and united effort |
| Spanish | montar | |
| Meaning | Take or catch as if in a snare or trap. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They want to set up the prisoners | |
| Example | "I was set up!" | |
| Synonyms | ensnare, entrap, frame | |
| Broader | deceive, lead on, delude, cozen | Be false to |
| See also | set | put into a certain place or abstract location |
| Spanish | acorralar, atrapar, entrampar, pillar, tender una trampa | |
| Nouns | setup | an act that incriminates someone on a false / false / false charge |
| Meaning | produce. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The scientists set up a shock wave" | |
| Synonyms | effect, effectuate | |
| Cause to | happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place | Come to pass |
| Narrower | carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil | put in effect |
| draw, get | earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher | |
| induce, stimulate, rush, hasten | Cause to occur rapidly | |
| precipitate | bring about abruptly | |
| serve | contribute or conduce to | |
| Broader | cause, do, make | give rise to |
| Spanish | causar, efectuar, ocasionar, producir | |
| Catalan | causar, efectuar, ocasionar, produir, provocar | |
| Meaning | Set up for use. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Model | They want to set up the doors | |
| Synonyms | install, instal, put in | |
| Narrower | post, put up | Place so as to be noticed |
| reinstall | install again | |
| retrofit | fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house | |
| Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay | Put into a certain place or abstract location |
| Spanish | instalar | |
| Catalan | instal·lar | |
| Meaning | place. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | install, instal, establish | |
| Spanish | establecer, instalar | |
| Catalan | establir, instal·lar | |
| Meaning | Arrange the outcome of by means of deceit. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | rig | |
| Broader | cheat, chisel | Engage in deceitful behavior |
| See also | set | put into a certain place or abstract location |
| Spanish | amañar | |
| Meaning | Erect and fasten. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | pitch | |
| Narrower | camp, camp down | Establish or set up a camp / camp / camp / camp |
| Broader | rear, erect | Cause to rise up |
| Spanish | armar, plantar | |
| Meaning | Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "set up one's life" | |
| Synonyms | arrange, put, order | |
| Narrower | phrase | Divide, combine, or mark into phrases |
| synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise | Arrange or represent events so that they co-occur | |
| Broader | organize, organise | Cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea |
| Spanish | arreglar, ordenar, organizar, poner | |
| Catalan | arreglar, col·locar, ordenar, organitzar, posar | |
| Meaning | equip with sails or masts. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | rig, set | |
| Broader | equip, fit, fit out, outfit | Provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose |
| Spanish | aparejar, enjarciar, equipar | |
| Catalan | aparellar, ormejar | |
| Meaning | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | |
| Synonyms | fix, prepare, ready, gear up, set | |
| Narrower | brace, poise | Prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult |
| cram | Prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam | |
| cultivate, crop, work | Prepare for crops | |
| fix | kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study | |
| mount | Fix onto a backing, setting, or support | |
| precondition | put into the required condition beforehand | |
| prime | insert / insert a primer into (a gun / gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing | |
| provide | Take measures in preparation for | |
| set up, lay out, set | Get ready for a particular purpose or event | |
| socialize, socialise | Prepare for social life | |
| summerize, summerise | Prepare for summer | |
| winterize, winterise | Prepare for winter | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | acondicionar, aprestarse, aprestar, disponerse, disponer, prepararse, preparar | |
| Catalan | aprestar, disposar-se, preparar-se, preparar | |
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