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Date "SET-UP" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1872. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Engineering & Technology | Action of assembling the parts and equipment of an aircraft to cause active operation. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | The deep notch cut into the base of a tree(following laying in)to govern the direction in which it is to fall and also to prevent the butt splitting. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A)a temporary station of a portable sawmill, yarding engine or other machine used in logging; b)the ground within the yarding distance of a spar-tree. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Language | Folding paper box: a paper box. . . made of bending grade paperboard, delivered by box manufacturers to the user in flat or collapsed body-form ready for mechanical or hand set-up and use. . Source: European Union. (references) |
Publishing & Graphic Arts | Mise en place de la chaîne qui imprime les étiquettes en différentes couleurs et les découpe (synchronisation de toutes ces opérations). Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | But it was just a set-up. (Alias; writing credit: Robert Soulé; Henri de Turenne) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Set-Up (1963) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Set-up of the GOES tide gauge transmitter. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Pomeroy's, business in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Furniture department, bedroom set-up. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Corning Glass Works, Parkersburg, West Virginia. Set-up. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | R.H. Macy Co. Bedroom set-up. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Jamian Advertising Co. Tweed, table set-up. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Capitol Radio Engineering Institute. Man at radio broadcast set-up at Capitol Radio Engineering Institute. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Thanksgiving Side Serving Tabl" by David Sinofksy Commentary: "Thanksgiving Side Table Set-Up with Food and Crackers prior to Dinner." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Main users of SMS are young people aged between 15 and 25 who use SMS to chat, set-up meeting times, and notify each other’s whereabouts. (references) | |
Company must be able to demonstrate that it has the minimum capital, and by statute, establish and indicate that the company will remain for the minimum required length of stay in Argentina, set-up its insurance plans and act accordingly within the local market. (references) | ||
The book selling market in the United Kingdom is currently a dynamic one, and many more developments are anticipated in the future, many of which will be connected with the way retail stores will be set-up, product offerings, appearance, and services to the consumer. (references) | ||
Economic History | Bahamas | The center will set-up and manage web sites. (references) |
Cyprus | The new operational set-up of monetary policy is fully in line with EU practices. (references) | |
Egypt | U.S. suppliers, by contrast, generally want performance bonds limited to safe delivery and/or set-up. (references) | |
Trade | India | In the current customs set-up, the appointment of clearing agents for clearance purposes will avoid delays. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "SET-UP" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.47% of the time. "SET-UP" is used about 570 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.47% | 567 | 11,100 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.18% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.18% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 0.18% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 570 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "SET-UP": well-set-up. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SET-UP"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | skovningsplads (setting, side, stand), forhug (belly cut, birdsmouth, box, dip, face, gullet, kerf, lek, moutch, notch, round-up, scarf, sink, throat, undercut). (various references) | |
Dutch | valkerf (belly cut, birdsmouth, box, dip, face, gullet, kerf, lek, moutch, notch, round-up, scarf, sink, throat, undercut), tijdelijke werkplaats (setting), in gang zetten (put into motion, set to work, setting-up, start, start up). (various references) | |
Finnish | kaatokolo (belly cut, birdsmouth, box, dip, face, gullet, kerf, lek, moutch, notch, round-up, scarf, sink, throat, undercut). (various references) | |
French | réglage (setting), montage (setup), mise en forme, mise en chantier (setting-up), mise au point, inscription (service registration, supplementary service registration), formage, entaille d'abattage, disposition (setting), chantier (setting). (various references) | |
German | Schaltung (circuit, gear change, gearshift, hookup, hook-up, shift, switching, wiring). (various references) | |
Greek | να συγκροτηθεί η παραγωγή (setting-up), τομή ρίψεως (belly cut, birdsmouth, box, dip, face, gullet, kerf, lek, moutch, notch, round-up, scarf, sink, throat, undercut). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szerkezet (architecture, arrester, arrestor, build, conformation, construction, contraption, contrivance, device, dodge, fabric, framework, gear, gimmick, hanger, hitch, layout, machinery, mechanism, movement, pulling device, rig, sealing, structure, substructure, texture), testtartás (attitude, bearing, carriage, gait, pose, posture, seat), testalkat (affect, body build, build, disposition, habit, physique, shape), tartás (attitude, holding, keeping, poise), rendszer (apothecaries's weight, frame, fugacity, method, order, pattern, purdah, regime, scale, scheme, system, type), felépítés (build, build up, buildup, build-up, conformation, erection, fabrication, set up, structure, synthesis, upbuilding), elrendezés (adjustment, arrangement, arranging, composition, disposal, disposition, docketing, layout, marshalling, ordinance, organization, scheme, settling), bunda (coat, cross, fur, fur coat, pelisse), összeállítás (assemblage, binding, collocation, combination, compilation, composition, editing, makeup, scheme). (various references) | |
Italian | tacca di direzione (belly cut, birdsmouth, box, dip, face, gullet, kerf, lek, moutch, notch, round-up, scarf, sink, throat, undercut), messa in opera (setting-up), cantiere (building site, dockyard, yard). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 体制 (order, organization, structure, system). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たいせい (accomplishment, attainment of greatness or success, attitude, blackish blue, completion, conditions, current thought, decay, decline, general trend, gestation, great sage, ones declining fortunes, one's declining fortunes, opposing pairs, order, organization, posture, preparations, resistance, sovereign power, stance, structure, system, the Occident, the reins of government, the West). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | et-upsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | parque de conversão (setting), montagem (assemblage, composition, furnishings, installation, montage, mount, setting, setting-up), bica (drain, faucet, fountain, spout, tap, water pipe, waterspout), atitude direita. (various references) | |
Russian | установка (adjustment, collocation, erection, fitting, fixing, hold-down, installation, mounting, outfit, setting, setups, stance). (various references) | |
Spanish | puesta en obra (setting-up), campamento de aserrado (setting), boca de caída (belly cut, birdsmouth, box, dip, face, gullet, kerf, lek, moutch, notch, round-up, scarf, sink, throat, undercut). (various references) | |
Swedish | stuphugg (belly cut, birdsmouth, box, dip, face, gullet, kerf, lek, moutch, notch, round-up, scarf, sink, throat, undercut), stjälphugg (belly cut, birdsmouth, box, dip, face, gullet, kerf, lek, moutch, notch, round-up, scarf, sink, throat, undercut), skyra (belly cut, birdsmouth, box, dip, face, gullet, kerf, lek, moutch, notch, round-up, scarf, sink, throat, undercut), tvärskyra (belly cut, birdsmouth, box, dip, face, gullet, kerf, lek, moutch, notch, round-up, scarf, sink, throat, undercut), riktskär (belly cut, birdsmouth, box, dip, face, gullet, kerf, lek, moutch, notch, round-up, scarf, sink, throat, undercut), organisation (economy, organization, setup), förhugg (belly cut, birdsmouth, box, dip, face, gullet, kerf, lek, moutch, notch, round-up, scarf, sink, throat, undercut), fällhugg (belly cut, birdsmouth, box, dip, face, gullet, kerf, lek, moutch, notch, round-up, scarf, sink, throat, undercut). (various references) | |
Turkish | kuruluş (being set-up, body, concern, enterprise, establishment, foundation, institute, institution, organ, promotional, set up, shop). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | việc làm ngon xơi, dáng người thẳng, cuộc đấu ăn chắc. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: setup, stupe, upset. | |
| Words within the letters "e-p-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: pest, pets, puts, sept, spue, step, suet, supe, tups. | |
-2 letters: pes, pet, pus, put, set, sue, sup, tup, ups, use, uts. | |
-3 letters: es, et, pe, up, us, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-p-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: erupts, getups, letups, purest, putzes, septum, setups, stupes, taupes, unstep, upsent, upsets, upstep. | |
+2 letters: cuspate, deputes, dispute, impetus, imputes, metumps, outsped, pasteup, pasture, peanuts, penults, petasus, petrous, piquets, piteous, pluteus, posture, pouters, precuts, proteus, pullets, pulsate, puniest, punkest, punnets, punster, punters, punties, pupates, puppets, pustule, puttees, putters, putties, reputes, septums, spouted, spouter, spurted, spurtle, sputter, stipule, stumped, stumper, stupefy, subtype, sumpter, suspect, takeups, teacups, toupees, troupes, tuneups, tupelos, unspent, unsteps, unswept, upbeats, updates, uprates, upstage, upstare, upstate, upsteps, upswept, uptakes, uptears, uptimes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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