Synonyms: set, set up, gear up, fix, prepare, ready
Definition: make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
Usage: Get the children ready for school!; prepare for war; I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: set, set up, lay out
Definition: get ready for a particular purpose or event
Usage: set up an experiment; set the table; lay out the tools for the surgery
Similar words: set, set up, gear up, fix, prepare, ready
Definition: make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
Usage: Get the children ready for school!; prepare for war; I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill
Definition: equip with sails or masts
Usage: rig a ship
Similar words: outfit, equip, fit, fit out
Definition: provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
Usage: The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities
Synonyms: put, arrange, order, set up
Definition: arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
Usage: arrange my schedule; set up one's life; I put these memories with those of bygone times
Similar words: organise, organize
Definition: cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea
Definition: put into a proper or systematic order
Usage: arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order
Similar words: put, place, pose, position, set, lay
Definition: put into a certain place or abstract location
Usage: Put your things here; Set the tray down; Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children; Place emphasis on a certain point
Definition: erect and fasten
Usage: pitch a tent
Synonyms: put in, set up, instal, install
Definition: set up for use
Usage: install the washer and dryer; We put in a new sink
Similar words: put, place, pose, position, set, lay
Definition: put into a certain place or abstract location
Usage: Put your things here; Set the tray down; Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children; Place emphasis on a certain point
Synonyms: set up, effect, effectuate
Definition: produce
Usage: The scientists set up a shock wave
Similar words: cause, do, make
Definition: give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
Usage: cause a commotion; make a stir; cause an accident
Synonyms: set up, assemble, tack, tack together, put together, piece
Definition: create by putting components or members together
Usage: She pieced a quilt; He tacked together some verses; They set up a committee
Similar words: join, bring together
Definition: cause to become joined or linked
Usage: join these two parts so that they fit together
Definition: make or cause to be or to become
Usage: make a mess in one's office; create a furor
Synonyms: set up, put up, raise, rear, erect
Definition: construct, build, or erect
Usage: Raise a barn
Similar words: construct, make, build
Definition: make by combining materials and parts
Usage: this little pig made his house out of straw; Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer
Synonyms: set up
Definition: begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.
Usage: set up an election
Similar words: get up, devise, machinate, prepare, organise, organize
Definition: arrange by systematic planning and united effort
Usage: machinate a plot; organize a strike; devise a plan to take over the director's office
Synonyms: found, establish, launch, set up
Definition: set up or found
Usage: She set up a literacy program
Definition: start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning
Usage: open a business
Definition: arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
Usage: rig an election
Definition: engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
Usage: Who's chiseling on the side?
Synonyms: frame, ensnare, entrap, set up
Definition: take or catch as if in a snare or trap
Usage: I was set up!; The innocent man was framed by the police