set up

Signification

Verb

1. To ready for use.
2. To arrange logically.
3. To cause to happen.
4. To trap or ensnare.
5. To arrange for an outcome; to tamper or rig.
6. To ready something for use.
7. To gel or harden.
8. To level to rise in one part of a body of water, especially a shallow one, because of a storm surge caused by persistent wind.
9. To provide the money or other support that someone needs for an important task or activity.
10. To establish someone in a business or position.
11. (informal) To trick or lure (someone) in order to entrap them.
12. To make (someone) proud or conceited (often in passive).
13. To matchmake; to arrange a date between two people.
14. To create a goalscoring opportunity (for).
15. To begin business or a scheme of life.
16. To profess openly; to make pretensions.
17. To found; to start (a business, scheme)
18. To deceive an opponent and capitalize on their reactions with a certain technique or maneuver.
19. To cause to take flight; to flush into the air.
20. (obsolete) Synonym of compose (To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset)

Adj

In a position to function; ready.

Phrases

It eventually set up a subsidiary , Exelixis Plant Sciences , for the agricultural work .

Il a finalement mis en place une filiale, Exelixis Plant Sciences, pour les travaux agricoles.