Setup | Mean of setup in English Dictionary

/ˈsɛtˌʌp/

• Noun
• the process of making something (such as a machine or computer program) ready to be used
1. an online account setup
2. The tent is designed for quick and easy setup. [=is designed to be set up quickly and easily]
3. Setup of the new software is a breeze.
4. How much setup time is needed?
5. Run the setup program on your computer.
• the way that something is done or organized
1. It took me a while to learn the setup of the office's filing system.
2. We had a great setup. On my days off, my wife would work from home while I took care of the kids.
3. The software makes it easy to create custom setups.
• a situation in which someone is deliberately put in a bad position or made to look guilty
1. Those aren't my drugs. This is a setup! Someone is trying to frame me!

• the beginning of a story, joke, etc., that explains and leads to what follows
1. This sounds like the setup to one of your jokes.
2. the setup for a television crime drama