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set-up

[set-uhp]

–noun

Surveying.

a.	station (def. 14a).

b.	a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station.

c.	a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.

2.	set-ups. setting-up exercises.

set⋅up

[set-uhp]

–noun

1.	organization; arrangement.

2.	an act or instance of setting up or getting ready: The setup of the lights and camera took most of the morning.

3.	the carriage of the body; bearing.

4.	a camera position, as for a particular shot.

5.	everything required for an alcoholic drink except the liquor, as a glass, ice, and soda water, as served to patrons who provide their own liquor.

Informal.

a.	an undertaking or contest deliberately made easy.

b.	a match or game arranged with an opponent who can be defeated without risk or effort.

c.	an opponent easy to defeat.

Sports.

a.	a shot or play that results in a puck, shuttlecock, ball, or balls being so positioned as to provide a player with an easy opportunity for a winning shot: a playmaker who excels in setups.

b.	the position of such a puck, ball, etc.: a setup close to and to the left of the goalkeeper.

c.	the puck, ball, etc., itself: The wing banged the setup into the goal.

8.	an arrangement of all the tools, parts, apparatus, etc., necessary for any of various specific jobs or purposes.

9.	the equipment or items necessary for a particular activity or period; kit: Each student gets a weekly setup of clean blankets, sheets, and towels.

10.	a plan or projected course of action.

11.	a prearranged situation or circumstance, usually created to fool or trap someone; trick; scheme.

Origin:
1600–10; n. use of v. phrase set up

sta⋅tion

[stey-shuh

–noun

1.	a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.

2.	a stopping place for trains or other land conveyances, for the transfer of freight or passengers.

3.	the building or buildings at such a stopping place.

4.	the district or municipal headquarters of certain public services: police station; fire station; postal station.

5.	a place equipped for some particular kind of work, service, research, or the like: gasoline station; geophysical station.

6.	the position, as of persons or things, in a scale of estimation, rank, or dignity; standing: the responsibility of persons of high station.

7.	a position, office, rank, calling, or the like.

Radio and Television.

a.	a studio or building from which broadcasts originate.

b.	a person or organization originating and broadcasting messages or programs.

c.	a specific frequency or band of frequencies assigned to a regular or special broadcaster: Tune to the Civil Defense station.

d.	the complete equipment used in transmitting and receiving broadcasts.

Military.

a.	a military place of duty.

b.	a semipermanent army post.

10.	Navy. a place or region to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty.

11.	(formerly in India) the area in which the British officials of a district or the officers of a garrison resided.

12.	Biology. a particular area or type of region where a given animal or plant is found.

13.	Australian. a ranch with its buildings, land, etc., esp. for raising sheep.

14.

Surveying.

a.	Also called instrument station, set-up. a point where an observation is taken.

b.	a precisely located reference point.

c.	a length of 100 ft. (30 m) along a survey line.

15.	a section or area assigned to a waiter, soldier, etc.; post: The waiter says this isn't his station.

16.	stations of the cross.

17.	Archaic. the fact or condition of standing still.

–verb (used with object)

18.	to assign a station to; place or post in a station or position.

Origin:
1350–1400; < L statiōn- (s. of statiō) a standing still, standing-place, equiv. to stat(us) (ptp. of stāre to stand ) + -iōn- -ion; r. ME stacioun < AF < L, as above

Related forms:

sta⋅tion⋅al, adjective

Synonyms:
1. situation, location. 3. depot, terminal. 7. metier, occupation, trade, business, employment. 15. See appointment. 18. position, locate, establish, set, fix.

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set·up (sět'ŭp')

The way in which something is constituted, arranged, or planned.
The gathering and organization of the equipment needed for an operation, procedure, or task.
1. Physical makeup; physique.
2. Body posture or carriage, especially militarily erect bearing.
3. Informal The collective ingredients, such as ice, mixers, and glasses, necessary for serving various alcoholic drinks. Often used in the plural.
4. A table setting, as in a restaurant.
5. A contest prearranged to result in an easy or faked victory.
6. An endeavor intentionally made easy.
7. A deceptive scheme, such as a fraud or hoax.
1. Informal The collective ingredients, such as ice, mixers, and glasses, necessary for serving various alcoholic drinks. Often used in the plural.
2. A table setting, as in a restaurant.
3. A contest prearranged to result in an easy or faked victory.
4. An endeavor intentionally made easy.
5. A deceptive scheme, such as a fraud or hoax.
A camera position, as for a particular shot in a scene being filmed.
Slang
1. A contest prearranged to result in an easy or faked victory.
2. An endeavor intentionally made easy.
3. A deceptive scheme, such as a fraud or hoax.
A plan or strategy for a projected course of action.
Sports A play or pass that creates a scoring opportunity.

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