Meaning

• To ready something for use.

  "We set up the sprinkler."

• To arrange logically.

  "Set up my CD collection."

• To cause to happen.

  "Even a minor change can set up new bugs."

• To trap or ensnare.

  "I've got to set up that tasty rabbit."

• To arrange for an outcome; to tamper or rig.

  "The election was set up!"

• To gel or harden.

  "Give the cement 24 hours to set up before walking on it."

• Level to rise in one part of a body of water, especially a shallow one, because of a storm surge caused by persistent wind.

  "The level set up at the south end of the lake after a day of north winds."

• To provide the money or other support that someone needs for an important task or activity.

  "A good breakfast really sets you up for the day."

• To establish someone in a business or position.

  "After he left college, his father set him up in the family business."

• To trick someone in order to make them do something.

  "They claimed that they weren't selling drugs, but that they'd been set up by the police."

• To make (someone) proud or conceited (often in passive).

• To matchmake; to arrange a date between two people.

• To create a goalscoring opportunity (for).

• To begin business or a scheme of life.

  "to set up in trade; to set up for oneself"

• To profess openly; to make pretensions.

• To found; to start (a business, scheme)

Meaning

• In a position to function; ready.

  "Now that I'm set up, this will take moments!"