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v. make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"

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Adjectives (1)

set up

adj. well established and ready to function; "things I can do now that I'm set up"

Fuzzynyms (177)

inaugurate, usher in, introduce

v. be a precursor of; "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period"

undertake, set about, attempt

v. enter upon an activity or enterprise

systematize, systematise, systemize, systemise

v. arrange according to a system or reduce to a system; "systematize our scientific knowledge"

fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set

build

v. found or ground; "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation"

schedule

v. make a schedule; plan the time and place for events; "I scheduled an exam for this afternoon"

raise, erect, rear, set up, put up

v. construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"

classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate

v. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

concert

v. contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement

mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate

v. plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

line

v. cover the interior of; "line the gloves"; "line a chimney"

plan, project, contrive, design

v. make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"

design

v. conceive or fashion in the mind; invent; "She designed a good excuse for not attending classes that day"

program, programme

v. arrange a program of or for; "program the 80th birthday party"

line up, queue up, queue

v. form a queue, form a line, stand in line; "Customers lined up in front of the store"

schedule

v. plan for an activity or event; "I've scheduled a concert next week"

unravel, unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpick

v. become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; "unravel the thread"

format, initialize, initialise

v. divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"

clarify

v. make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating; "clarify the butter"; "clarify beer"

clear, clear up

v. free (the throat) by making a rasping sound; "Clear the throat"

roll out, straighten

v. straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map"

plan

v. make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family"

arrange, fix up

v. make arrangements for; "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?"

bring about

v. cause to move into the opposite direction; "they brought about the boat when they saw a storm approaching"

arrange, set

v. adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to music"

design

v. intend or have as a purpose; "She designed to go far in the world of business"

map, chart, map out

v. plan in detail; "Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein"

prepare

v. lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord; "prepare the discord in bar 139"

discriminate, separate, single out

v. treat differently on the basis of sex or race

separate, disunite, divide, part

v. force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

build

v. found or ground; "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation"

station, post, send, place

v. assign to a station

place, site, locate

v. make an investment; "Put money into bonds"

relocate

v. move or establish in a new location; "We had to relocate the office because the rent was too high"

hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride

v. get up on the back of; "mount a horse"

ensconce, settle

v. fix firmly; "He ensconced himself in the chair"

sell short

v. underestimate the real value or ability of; "Don't sell your students short--they are just shy and don't show off their knowledge"

victimize, victimise

v. make a victim of; "I was victimized by this con-man"

victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con

v. deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"

use

v. habitually do something (use only in the past tense); "She used to call her mother every week but now she calls only occasionally"; "I used to get sick when I ate in that dining hall"; "They used to vacation in the Bahamas"

do, perform

v. get (something) done; "I did my job"

realize, realise

v. expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass

produce, bring about, give rise

v. cause to happen, occur or exist; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system"

produce, bring about, give rise to

beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth

v. make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"

produce, bring forth

v. bring forth or yield; "The tree would not produce fruit"

propagate

v. multiply sexually or asexually

organize, organise, coordinate

v. bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?"

classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate

v. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

supply, provide, render, furnish

v. give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"

gear, pitch

v. set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience"

steel

v. cover, plate, or edge with steel

arrange, set up

v. put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

systematize, systematise, systemize, systemise

v. arrange according to a system or reduce to a system; "systematize our scientific knowledge"

plow, plough, turn

v. to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"

work, work on, process

v. shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"

process, treat

v. subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill"

collate

v. to assemble in proper sequence; "collate the papers"

fit

v. make fit; "fit a dress"; "He fitted other pieces of paper to his cut-out"

provide, supply, ply, cater

v. give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"

format, initialize, initialise

v. divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"

arm

v. supply with arms; "The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan"

Synonyms (29)

put, set, place, pose, position, lay

v. put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

put, set, place, pose, position, lay

v. put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

bring, work, play, wreak, make for

v. cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area"

accepted

adj. widely or permanently accepted; "an accepted precedent"

brought about

adj. caused to exist; "he applauded the good will brought about in the neighborhood"

entrenched

adj. established firmly and securely; "the entrenched power of the nobility"

habitual

adj. made a norm or custom or habit; "his habitual practice was to eat an early supper"; "her habitual neatness"

deep-rooted, deep-seated, implanted, ingrained, planted

adj. (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held; "deep-rooted prejudice"; "deep-seated differences of opinion"; "implanted convictions"; "ingrained habits of a lifetime"; "a deeply planted need"

official

adj. (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution

recognized, recognised

adj. provided with a secure reputation; "a recognized authority"

Antonyms (19)

uninstall, deinstall

v. undo the installation of a software program

disarrange

v. destroy the arrangement or order of; "My son disarranged the papers on my desk"

muss, tussle

v. make messy or untidy; "the child mussed up my hair"

tousle, dishevel, tangle

v. disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my hair"

confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate

v. make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"

scramble, jumble, throw together

v. bring into random order

abolish, get rid of

v. do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"

dull, blunt

v. make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"

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