pioneer vs set up

pioneer

verb
  • To be the first to do or achieve (something), preparing the way for others to follow. 

noun
  • A member of a children’s organization operated by the Communist Party, typically in the second of three stages toward becoming an member of the Party itself. 

  • A person or other entity who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress. 

  • One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow. 

  • Some people will consider their national heroes to be pioneers of civilization. 

  • A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol. 

set up

verb
  • To found; to start (a business, scheme) 

  • To trick someone in order to make them do something. 

  • To cause to happen. 

  • 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. 

  • To profess openly; to make pretensions. 

  • To matchmake; to arrange a date between two people. 

  • To provide the money or other support that someone needs for an important task or activity. 

  • To arrange logically. 

  • To cause to take flight; to flush into the air. 

  • To establish someone in a business or position. 

  • To gel or harden. 

  • To trap or ensnare. 

  • To ready something for use. 

  • To create a goalscoring opportunity (for). 

  • To make (someone) proud or conceited (often in passive). 

  • To ready for use. 

  • To arrange for an outcome; to tamper or rig. 

  • To deceive an opponent and capitalize on their reactions with a certain technique or maneuver. 

adj
  • In a position to function; ready. 

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