What is "set up"

1. In a position to function; ready. v

2. 1 To ready something for use. 2 Logically order. 3 To cause to happen 4 To trap or ensnare. 5 Arrange for an '''outcome'''; to tamper or rig. 6 To gel or harden. 7 To make (someone) proud or conceited (often in passive). 8 To matchmake; to arrange a date between two people. 9 (context sports transitive English) To create a goalscoring opportunity (for).

1. v. set up or found; "She set up a literacy program" [syn: establish, found, launch] [ant: abolish]

2. make by putting pieces together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses" [syn: assemble, piece, put together, tack, tack together] [ant: disassemble]

3. construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" [syn: raise, erect, rear, put up] [ant: level]

4. get ready for a particular purpose or event; "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery" [syn: lay out, set]

5. put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" [syn: arrange] [ant: disarrange]

6. begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.; "set up an election"

7. take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police" [syn: ensnare, entrap, frame]

8. produce; "The scientists set up a shockwave" [syn: effect, effectuate, bring about]

9. set up for use; "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink" [syn: install, instal, put in]

10. place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz" [syn: install, instal, establish]

11. arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; "rig an election" [syn: rig]

12. erect and fasten; "pitch a tent" [syn: pitch]

13. arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times" [syn: arrange, put, order]

14. equip with sails, masts, etc.; "rig a ship" [syn: rig, set]

15. 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" [syn: fix, prepare, ready, gear up, set]

adj. well established and ready to function; "things I can do now that I'm set up"

Set Up is a 2005 Hong Kong horror film produced and written by Wong Jing, directed by Billy Chung and starring Christy Chung, Michael Tse and Roy Cheung.