Verbs

(v)establish, set up, found, launchset up or found“She set up a literacy program”
(v)assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack togethercreate by putting components or members together“She pieced a quilt”, “He tacked together some verses”, “They set up a committee”
(v)raise, erect, rear, set up, put upconstruct, build, or erect“Raise a barn”
(v)set up, lay out, setget ready for a particular purpose or event“set up an experiment”, “set the table”, “lay out the tools for the surgery”
(v)arrange, set upput into a proper or systematic order“arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order”
(v)set upbegin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.“set up an election”
(v)ensnare, entrap, frame, set uptake or catch as if in a snare or trap“I was set up!”, “The innocent man was framed by the police”
(v)effect, effectuate, set upproduce“The scientists set up a shock wave”
(v)install, instal, put in, set upset up for use“install the washer and dryer”, “We put in a new sink”
(v)install, instal, set up, establishplace“Her manager had set her up at the Ritz”
(v)rig, set uparrange the outcome of by means of deceit“rig an election”
(v)pitch, set uperect and fasten“pitch a tent”
(v)arrange, set up, put, orderarrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events“arrange my schedule”, “set up one's life”, “I put these memories with those of bygone times”
(v)rig, set, set upequip with sails or masts“rig a ship”
(v)fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, setmake 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”