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S: (v) establish (establish%2:41:00::), set up (set_up%2:41:02::), found (found%2:41:00::), launch (launch%2:41:01::) (set up or found) "She set up a literacy program"
S: (v) assemble (assemble%2:36:00::), piece (piece%2:36:00::), put together (put_together%2:36:00::), set up (set_up%2:36:00::), tack (tack%2:36:05::), tack together (tack_together%2:36:00::) (create by putting components or members together) "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"
S: (v) raise (raise%2:36:02::), erect (erect%2:36:00::), rear (rear%2:36:00::), set up (set_up%2:36:01::), put up (put_up%2:36:00::) (construct, build, or erect) "Raise a barn"
S: (v) set up (set_up%2:30:00::), lay out (lay_out%2:30:00::), set (set%2:30:12::) (get ready for a particular purpose or event) "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery"
S: (v) arrange (arrange%2:35:00::), set up (set_up%2:35:00::) (put into a proper or systematic order) "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"
S: (v) set up (set_up%2:36:02::) (begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.) "set up an election"
S: (v) ensnare (ensnare%2:41:00::), entrap (entrap%2:41:00::), frame (frame%2:41:00::), set up (set_up%2:41:00::) (take or catch as if in a snare or trap) "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police"
S: (v) effect (effect%2:36:00::), effectuate (effectuate%2:36:00::), set up (set_up%2:36:03::) (produce) "The scientists set up a shock wave"
S: (v) install (install%2:35:00::), instal (instal%2:35:00::), put in (put_in%2:35:00::), set up (set_up%2:35:02::) (set up for use) "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink"
S: (v) install (install%2:35:01::), instal (instal%2:35:01::), set up (set_up%2:35:04::), establish (establish%2:35:00::) (place) "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"
S: (v) rig (rig%2:41:00::), set up (set_up%2:41:01::) (arrange the outcome of by means of deceit) "rig an election"
S: (v) pitch (pitch%2:35:01::), set up (set_up%2:35:01::) (erect and fasten) "pitch a tent"
S: (v) arrange (arrange%2:31:00::), set up (set_up%2:31:00::), put (put%2:31:00::), order (order%2:31:01::) (arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events) "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
S: (v) rig (rig%2:30:00::), set (set%2:30:06::), set up (set_up%2:30:03::) (equip with sails or masts) "rig a ship"
S: (v) fix (fix%2:30:03::), prepare (prepare%2:30:00::), set up (set_up%2:30:02::), ready (ready%2:30:00::), gear up (gear_up%2:30:00::), set (set%2:30:09::) (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"