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setup

The correct spelling is setup.

How to pronounce setup

noun

IPA: /ˈsɛtˌʌp/

Say it like: Set-up

The correct spelling is setup. Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus. For example: "The laboratory included an elaborate setup for measuring the energy."

Usage Examples

The laboratory included an elaborate setup for measuring the energy.

The classroom setup was simple and efficient.

Trust me, that was a setup!

Definition

noun

  1. 1.Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
  2. 2.The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
  3. 3.A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.
  4. 4.An installer.
  5. 5.(operations) The process of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.

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