Oxford Dictionary
set-up
set-up ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] informal 1 the way in which something, especially an organization or equipment, is organized, planned, or arranged: would you feel comfortable in a team-teaching set-up? • an organization or arrangement: a set-up called Film Education. • a set of equipment needed for a particular activity or purpose: I have a recording set-up in my house. 2 a scheme or trick intended to incriminate or deceive someone: Listen. He didn't die. It was a set-up. • chiefly N. Amer. a contest with a prearranged outcome. 3 (in a ball game ) a pass or play intended to provide an opportunity for another player to score.
Oxford Thesaurus
set-up
set-up noun 1 their current telecommunications set-up: system, structure, organization, arrangement, framework, format, layout, configuration, composition; situation, conditions, circumstances. 2 a set-up called Film International: organization, group, body, concern, agency, association, syndicate, operation, movement; company, firm; society, league, club; informal outfit. 3 informal the whole thing was a set-up: trick, trap; conspiracy; informal put-up job, frame-up, frame.
Duden Dictionary
Set-up
Set-up , Set up Substantiv, Neutrum , das Setup |ˈzɛt |ap auch ˈsɛtɑp ˈzɛt |ap auch ˈsɛtɑp |das Set-up; Genitiv: des Set-ups, Plural: die Set-ups das Setup; Genitiv: des Setups, Plural: die Setups englisch set-up, zu: to set up = aufbauen, einstellen 1 a EDV Hilfsprogramm, das neue Software auf dem Computer installiert das Set-up starten b EDV Installation einer neuen Software auf dem Computer ein Set-up durchführen | Probleme beim Set-up haben 2 Kfz-Technik Einstellungen am Fahrwerk 2 eines [Renn ]autos das Set-up verändern 3 Golf Vorbereitung zum Schlag (z. B. Einnahme der richtigen Stellung )