set-up

See also: setup and set up

English

Etymology

Deverbal from set up.

Adjective

set-up (comparative more set-up, superlative most set-up)

1. (chiefly British) Alternative form of setup
   • 1990, John Bessant, Richard Lamming, Macmillan Dictionary of Production Technology and Management‎^[1], Palgrave Macmillan UK, page 153:

     set-up time. The time taken to SET UP a machine or to change it from making one product to another.

Noun

set-up (plural set-ups)

1. (chiefly British) Alternative form of setup
   • 2011 January 8, Paul Fletcher, “Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC:

     Stevenage's first-half performance forced a change of formation from Newcastle at the break, as they brought on Nile Ranger for Leon Best and switched to a 4-2-3-1 set-up.

   • 2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):

     A “moving platform” scheme […] is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays. This set-up solves several problems […].

Anagrams

• TUPEs, Tse-p'u, puets, spute, stupe, upset