单词 | set something up |
释义 | 1 (phrasal verb) an organization that sets up meetings Synonyms arrange She arranged an appointment for Friday afternoon. organize We need someone to help organize our campaign. prepare He said the government must prepare an emergency plan for evacuation. make provision for prearrange 2 (phrasal verb) Definition to begin or enable (someone) to begin (a new venture) He set up the company four years ago. Synonyms establish They established the school in 1989. begin The US wants to begin talks immediately. found He founded the Centre for Journalism Studies. institute We will institute a number of methods to improve safety. install A new Catholic bishop was installed yesterday. initiate They wanted to initiate a discussion on economics. get going lay the foundations of 3 (phrasal verb) Definition to build or construct The activists set up a peace camp at the border. Synonyms build Developers are now proposing to build a hotel on the site. raise They raised a church in the shape of a boat. construct The boxes should be constructed from rough-sawn timber. put up assemble She was trying to assemble the bookcase when it collapsed. put together erect Demonstrators have erected barricades in the roads. elevate Emotional stress can elevate blood pressure. 4 (phrasal verb) Definition to build or construct I set up the computer so that they could work from home. Synonyms assemble put up put together fix up rig up Additional synonymsin the sense of begin Definition to start (something) The US wants to begin talks immediately. Synonyms commence, start, initiate, embark on, set about, instigate, inaugurate, institute, make a beginning, set on foot in the sense of construct Definition to build or put together The boxes should be constructed from rough-sawn timber. Synonyms build, make, form, create, design, raise, establish, set up, fashion, shape, engineer, frame, manufacture, put up, assemble, put together, erect, fabricatein the sense of elevate Emotional stress can elevate blood pressure. Synonyms increase, lift, raise, step up, intensify, move up, hoist, raise high Nearby words of |
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