Synonym: arrange, assemble, effect, effectuate, ensnare, entrap, erect, establish, fix, found, frame, gear up, instal, install, launch, lay out, order, piece, pitch, prepare, put, put in, put together, put up, raise, ready, rear, rig, set, tack, tack together. Similar words: let up, get up, meet up with, return, in return, take turns, put up, sit up. Meaning: v. 1. set up or found 2. create by putting components or members together 3. construct, build, or erect 4. get ready for a particular purpose or event 5. put into a proper or systematic order 6. begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc. 7. take or catch as if in a snare or trap 8. produce 9. set up for use 10. place 11. arrange the outcome of by means of deceit 12. erect and fasten 13. arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events 14. equip with sails or masts 15. make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc. adj. well established and ready to function.
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181. The two brothers established/set up/started up a clothes retailing business.
182. The little enterprise set up by Mr. Leo had peaked out.
183. A new educational programme has been set up for economically disadvantaged children.
184. Sandy has played Cupid to dozens of couples since she set up a dating agency six years ago.
185. She helped her Mum set up a self-help group for parents with over-weight children.
186. A working party has been set up to look into the problem.
187. You can set up in business as a sole trader, in partnership or as a limited company.
188. Several trading companies were set up in the early 1960s to act as fronts for money-laundering operations.
189. It agreed to set up a central registry of arms sales.
190. If you need to write a lot of similar letters, set up a template on your computer.
191. A committee was set up to canvass the city's educational options .
192. They set up house together in a small flat in Brighton.
193. The local council set up a committee of inquiry to look into policing arrangements.
194. Police set up road-blocks on routes leading out of the city.
195. An emergency fund was set up in reaction to the famine.
196. He missed an early sitter then equalized with a goal set up by Fowler.
197. An emergency hotline has been set up for the relatives of those involved in the disaster.
198. A Royal Commission has been set up to examine environmental pollution.
199. They set up a spurious temple that was a cover for sexual debauchery.
200. They set up an investment fund to provide money for their retirement.
201. An incident room was set up at a police station near the site of the crash.
202. All the arrangements have been set up for the newspapermen to meet the Queen.
More similar words: let up, get up, meet up with, return, in return, take turns, put up, sit up, eat up, cut up, in return for, light up, built up, shoot up, start up, set, put up with, upset, set out, set off, asset, set down, settle, closet, setting, set back, set about, set free, set forth, settle for.