setting up
Preparing the groundwork
Setting up is preparing or arranging something for use or operation: We spent the morning setting up the tent, I'm still setting up my new laptop.
It extends to establishing situations or systems: setting up a business, setting up a meeting.
To set someone up can mean arranging a date for them, or framing them for something they didn't do: They set him up to take the fall.
- establishingCreating or setting up
- getting startedBeginning an undertaking
- installationProcess of putting in
- arrangingSystematically positioning elements
- formationCreation or arrangement
putting together · initialization · stand · founding · ground floor · assembly · institution · creation · bootstrapping · base camp · inaugurate · organizing · startup · rigging · provisioning · onboarding · preparation · getting ready
- arrangingarranging, organizing, ordering, positioning, placing
- preparationprepare, preparing, ready, readies, readiness
- setupinstallation, assembling, installing, initialization, configuring
- getting readyget ready, readying, be prepared, equipping, gear up
- assistspass, dime, dish, feed, helper
setting uptearing down
dismantling · taking down · demolishing · destroying · breaking down
setting uppacking up
Preparing items for transport
taking apart · clearing away · putting away · striking · wrapping up
setting upclearing
Treeless space in forest
exonerating · vindicating · absolving · protecting · defending
set, setting, setup, set up, sets, settler, unsettling, upsets, settee