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Antonyms for setting up

Grammar : Verb
Spell : set
Phonetic Transcription : sɛt


Definition of setting up

Origin :
  • Old English settan (transitive) "cause to sit, put in some place, fix firmly; build, found; appoint, assign," from Proto-Germanic *(bi)satjan "to cause to sit, set" (cf. Old Norse setja, Swedish sätta, Old Saxon settian, Old Frisian setta, Dutch zetten, German setzen, Gothic satjan), causative form of PIE *sod-, variant of *sed- "to sit" (see sit (v.)). Also cf. set (n.2).
  • Intransitive sense from c.1200, "be seated." Used in many disparate senses by Middle English; sense of "make or cause to do, act, or be; start" and that of "mount a gemstone" attested by mid-13c. Confused with sit since early 14c. Of the sun, moon, etc., "to go down," recorded from c.1300, perhaps from similar use of the cognates in Scandinavian languages. To set (something) on "incite to attack" (c.1300) originally was in reference to hounds and game.
  • verb start
Example sentences :
  • He was thinking of setting up for himself by and by and of getting married.
  • Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad
  • The idea of setting up a vigorous shouting for help occurred to him, too.
  • Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad
  • He is setting up to little Eileen Pederstone too, the hound.
  • Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson
  • Jenner to dig sandstone for setting up my father's tombstone, at 5s.
  • Extract from : « Highways & Byways in Sussex » by E.V. Lucas
  • He and Richard succeeded in setting up the press, and worked it successfully.
  • Extract from : « Hidden Treasures » by Harry A. Lewis
  • Should've remembered Tellus isn't Hodell; the tri-di's setting up!
  • Extract from : « The Galaxy Primes » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • Alfred was given the job and started to work at once setting up the pins.
  • Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
  • Now Hannah showed great judgment in setting up as a dairy-woman.
  • Extract from : « Our Village » by Mary Russell Mitford
  • The spring drill of 1860 commenced, and every man must have a month's setting up.
  • Extract from : « A Soldier's Life » by Edwin G. Rundle
  • "I don't think you've been setting up your own example," Chester replied.
  • Extract from : « Red Pepper Burns » by Grace S. Richmond

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