also setup
(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A particular ~ is a particular system or way of organizing something. (INFORMAL)
It appears to be an idyllic domestic ~...
I gradually got rather disillusioned with the whole setup of the university.
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2.
If you describe a situation as a ~, you mean that people have planned it in order to deceive you or to make it look as if you have done something wrong. (INFORMAL)
He was asked to pick somebody up and bring them to a party, not realizing it was a setup.
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3.
The ~ of computer hardware or software is the process of installing it and making it ready to use. (COMPUTING)
The worst part of the ~ is the poor instruction manual...
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