setup

Definition

  • noun: the process of making something (such as a machine or computer program) ready to be used
  • noun: carriage of the body
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: configuration, apparatus

Examples

  • We had a great 'setup'. On my days off, my wife would work from home while I took care of the kids.

  • The tent is designed for quick and easy 'setup'. [=is designed to be set up quickly and easily]

  • Those aren't my drugs. This is a 'setup'! Someone is trying to frame me!

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Okay, this is art. Cooking is art... ...and shit I cook is the bomb, so don't be telling me. Shit you cook is shit. I saw your setup. Ridiculous. You and I will not make garbage. We will produce a chemically pure and stable product... ...that performs as advertised. No adulterants. (..)
    2008 TvShow: Breaking Bad Title: Pilot Season: 1 Episode 1