setup or set up

Technical writers sometimes confuse “setup” as a noun (“check thesetup” ) with the phrase “set up” (“set up the experiment”).

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Definitions

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• n  equipment designed to serve a specific function
• n  the way something is organized or arranged
  it takes time to learn the setup around here
• n  an act that incriminates someone on a false charge

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• v  set up or found
• v  create by putting components or members together
• v  construct, build, or erect
• v  get ready for a particular purpose or event
• v  put into a proper or systematic order
• v  begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.
• v  take or catch as if in a snare or trap
• v  produce
• v  set up for use
• v  place
• v  arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
• v  erect and fasten
• v  arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
• v  equip with sails or masts
• v  make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

News & Articles

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• Phil Mickelson, Billy Horschel up to par in U.S. Open
  They are the only two players to finish under par for 36 holes, with 68 golfers still to complete the second round Saturday. Some complain about the course setup. ARDMORE, Pa. -- Difficult, the U.S. Golf Assn.'s Mike Davis said this week, is "our DNA." And making a course play difficult, the USGA's executive director said, is easy to do.        
  June 15, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
• Hundreds of volunteers work around the clock on Freedom Fest prep
  Between setup and take-down, about 375 volunteers will have logged thousands of hours of hard work, but they said it's all worth it to support a great cause.
  June 14, 2013 - WKBT La Crosse
• Police: Man held two teens for prostitution
  Officers discovered the setup about midnight Wednesday, after the hotel owner called police about a disturbance. It turns out that the family of one of the girls was at the hotel and trying to take her home.
  June 14, 2013 - First Coast News

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• Microsoft To Set Up Windows Stores In 600 Best Buy Locations, Launching This Summer
  Microsoft today announced that it is partnering with Best Buy to set up its own store-within-a-store in 500 Best Buy locations in the U.S. and 100 Best Buy and Future Shop locations in Canada. These stores, which will be up to 2,200 square feet in size, will go head-to-head with Apple's mini-stores in many of these Best Buy locations. Microsoft hopes they will become the "premier destination for ...
  June 13, 2013 - TechCrunch
• Local Cooling Centers Set Up Ahead of Storm
  On Thursday, cooling centers were set up all around Augusta County ahead of severe storms expected later on in the day.
  June 13, 2013 - WHSV Harrisonburg
• Alert system set up for boys ranch
  In the aftermath of a double homicide, the Stone County Sheriff's Office has set up an alert system to notify residents when juveniles run away from a local boys ranch.
  June 13, 2013 - The Springfield News-Leader