Definition of "setup"

setup

/ˈsɛtʌp/

noun
plural setups
1. Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
2. The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
  Quotations
  Shapiro says KYW would keep two separate news staffs that would work together, similar to WBZ's setup.
  1993, Billboard, volume 105, number 21, page 106
  For some stretches, Berhalter’s usual 4-3-3 setup played more as a 4-4-2, with Tim Weah pushing up alongside Wright and McKennie moving to the right side.
  25 November 2022, Jonathan Tannenwald, “U.S. dominates England for long stretches, but plays to 0-0 tie at World Cup”, in The Philadeplhia Inquirer‎
3. A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.
4. (computing) An installer.
  Quotations
  You still have to run the setup and select the display driver after restarting Windows. Installing Windows NT drivers was tedious (but we could back up system files), and OS/2 was tiresome; […]
  1995 August 28, InfoWorld, page 80
5. (operations) The process of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.
6. (hydrology) The tendency of persistent wind to produce higher water levels at the downwind shore of a body of water and lower at the upwind shore.
7. (boxing) A move or set of moves which are meant to draw out a reaction which leaves an exploitable opening in defense.
verb
1. Misspelling of set up.