set-up

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set-up

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Deverbal from set up.

adjective more set-up · most set-up

UK, alternative Alternative form of setup set-up time. The time taken to SET UP a machine or to change it from making one product to another.

noun set-ups

UK, alternative Alternative form of setup Despite criticisms which were made of the Railway Executive, it must be recalled that the general framework of the new railway set-up was established by statute, while this form of organisation was particularly well adapted for carrying out the unification of the railways—a very different thing from

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@misc{set_up_2026,
  title = {set-up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/set-up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}