Setup - English meaning

noun

The action, process, or result of arranging or being arranged.

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The arrangement of the furniture in the room

noun

A plan for how the parts of a piece of music can be played by a particular instrument or instruments

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An arrangement for trumpet and cello, a flower arrangement, she had an arrangement to work at home …

noun

A plan or preparation for how something will happen

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Make an arrangement there wasn't enough time for him to make alternative arrangements., arrangement…

noun

A fact or condition connected with or relevant to an event or action.

Usage examples:

We wanted to marry but circumstances didn't permit

phrase

How much money someone has

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Grants are available depending on your circumstances., by now she was alone and living in reduced c…

noun

The nature of something's ingredients or constituents; the way in which a whole or mixture is made up.

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The social composition of villages

noun

Something that a person has created or written, esp. a text, a work of art, or a piece of music, or the act of creating or writing something

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[ c ] a composition for piano and flute, [ c ] in school we had to write a composition (= short pie…

noun

The way in which the parts of something are arranged

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The composition of sth the company said it plans to change the composition of its board of director…

noun

The state of something with regard to its appearance, quality, or working order.

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The wiring is in good condition

verb

Have a significant influence on or determine (the manner or outcome of something).

Usage examples:

National choices are conditioned by the international political economy

plural noun

All the particular things that influence someone’s living or working environment

Usage examples:

Working conditions here are primitive., riis devoted his life to improving conditions in urban slums.

noun

An arrangement of parts or elements in a particular form, figure, or combination.

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The unrepeatable configuration of the stars at the moment of your birth

noun

The particular arrangement of the parts of something or of a group of things

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The two-lane configuration of the road leads to congestion.

noun

The way in which something, such as a computer system or software, is organized to operate

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When you press the spacebar, a message appears informing you that "set-up is inspecting your hardwa…

noun

A secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful.

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She served five years in prison for taking part in a conspiracy to sell stolen art works

noun

The activity of secretly planning with other people to do something bad or illegal

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The three men are accused of conspiracy., [ + to infinitive ] she has been charged with conspiracy …

noun

A general agreement to keep silent about a subject for the purpose of keeping it secret

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The conspiracy of silence around these buried munitions endangered public health.

noun

The way in which something is arranged or set out.

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The conventional format of tv situation comedies

verb

(especially in computing) arrange or put into a format.

Usage examples:

How to format a document

noun

The way in which something is shown or arranged

Usage examples:

The two candidates could not agree on the format of the tv debate.

noun

A rigid structure that surrounds something such as a picture, door, or windowpane.

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His mother stood in the frame of the kitchen door, hands on her hips and a grim expression on her f…

verb

Place (a picture or photograph) in a frame.

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He had had the photo framed

noun

A set of criteria or stated values in relation to which measurements or judgements can be made.

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The observer interprets what he sees in terms of his own cultural frame of reference

noun

A situation in which someone is made to seem guilty of a crime although they have not committed it

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The organization protested that it was the victim of a politically motivated frame-up.

noun

An essential supporting structure of a building, vehicle, or object.

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A conservatory in a delicate framework of iron

noun

A structure around or over which something is built

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The steel framework of a bridge, they’re operating within the framework of a military bureaucracy.,…

noun

A system of rules, ideas, or beliefs that is used to plan or decide something

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A framework for sth the future trade agenda can provide an important framework for restoring sustai…

noun

The way in which the parts of something are arranged or laid out.

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The road layout

noun

The way something is designed or arranged

Usage examples:

His house has three bedrooms and ours has four, but otherwise the layout is much the same., each ar…

noun

The way that something is designed or arranged

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Building/room/street layout the building layout has three floors and eight bathrooms., dashboard/ke…

noun

An organized group of people with a particular purpose, such as a business or government department.

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A research organization

noun

A set of circumstances in which one finds oneself; a state of affairs.

Usage examples:

The situation between her and jake had come to a head

noun

A condition or combination of conditions that exist at a particular time

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I was in a situation where i didn’t have cash handy.

noun

The conditions that exist at a particular time and place

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Some dealers have taken advantage of the situation by adding £1,000 or more to the suggested retail…

noun

The arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex.

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The two sentences have equivalent structures

verb

Construct or arrange according to a plan; give a pattern or organization to.

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Services must be structured so as to avoid pitfalls

noun

The arrangement or organization of parts in a system

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Molecular structure, [ u ] grammatical structure changes from language to language., [ c ] when the…

noun

A set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or an interconnecting network; a complex whole.

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The state railway system

noun

A set of connected items or devices that operate together

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The system of interstate highways, we’re having a new computer system installed., the digestive sys…

noun

A particular set of actions for doing something

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They designed a system that tracks results., a system for (doing) sth the bank has streamlined syst…

noun

A device or enclosure designed to catch and retain animals, typically by allowing entry but not exit or by catching hold of a part of the body.

Usage examples:

The squirrels ravaged the saplings, despite the baited traps

verb

Short for trapdoor.

verb

Put trappings on (a horse).

Usage examples:

The horses were trapped with black velvet

noun

A cunning act or scheme intended to deceive or outwit someone.

Usage examples:

He's a double-dealer capable of any mean trick

verb

Cunningly deceive or outwit.

Usage examples:

Many people have been tricked by villains with false identity cards

adjective

Intended or used to deceive or mystify, or to create an illusion.

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A trick question