Set up meaning
Set up is a phrasal verb with 10 meanings. One of them is to formally create a business, organization, system, or working arrangement.
- Past simple
- set up
- Past participle
- set up
- -ing form
- setting up
What set up means
establish an organizationB1
To formally create a business, organization, system, or working arrangement
They set up a charity to support families affected by flooding.
9 more meanings of set up are in the Retite app, each with an example and a translation into your language.
More meanings in the appSimilar phrasal verbs
With set: set aside, set on, set down, set to, set about, set someone against someone, set apart, set back, set forth, set in.
With up: wake up, pick up, grow up, line up, make up, put up, go up, bring up, mess up, break up.
Common questions
What does set up mean?
It has 10 meanings. One of them is to formally create a business, organization, system, or working arrangement. The other 9, each with an example and a translation into your language, are in the Retite app.
What is the past tense of set up?
Set up, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
