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set-up

noun [S] (ARRANGE)
 
 
/ˈset.ʌp/ US  /ˈset̬-/

Definition

the way in which things are organized or arranged: When I started my new job, it took me a while to get used to the set-up. "Nice little set-up you've got here," he said as we showed him round the house.Classifying and creating order
(Definition of set-up noun (ARRANGE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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