set up

verb

1. 1

   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

2. 2

   get ready for a particular purpose or event

   set up an experiment

   set the table

3. 3

   equip with sails or masts

   rig a ship

4. 4

   arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

   arrange my schedule

   set up one's life

5. 5

   put into a proper or systematic order

   arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order

6. 6

   erect and fasten

   pitch a tent

7. 7

   set up for use

   install the washer and dryer

   We put in a new sink

8. 8

   place

   Her manager had set her up at the Ritz

9. 9

   produce

   The scientists set up a shock wave

10. 10

    create by putting components or members together

    She pieced a quilt

    He tacked together some verses

11. 11

    construct, build, or erect

    Raise a barn

12. 12

    begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.

    set up an election