設置|せっちsetchi[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbestablishment; institution
2. noun, suru verb, transitive verbinstallation (of a machine or equipment)
   ようやく各かく店舗てんぽに監視かんしカメラが設置せっちされることになった。↗

   Eventually it was decided that the stores be equipped with surveillance cameras.

• Synonym据え付けるすえつけるNeutralFixing a machine firmly in place, as in 「機械を据え付ける」. Limited to physical installation; 「設置」 also covers founding organizations.
• Synonym据え付けすえつけNeutralNoun for installing and fixing something in place, as in 「据え付け工事」.
• Synonym開設かいせつNeutralOpening a counter, account or similar service, as in 「口座開設」; centers on services starting up.
• Synonym備えるそなえるNeutralEquipping or having something on hand, as in 「消火器を備える」; also means preparing for something.
• Synonym建設けんせつNeutralBuilding large-scale works, as in 「ダム建設」; leans toward civil engineering.
• Synonym新設しんせつWrittenWritten/formal prose for newly setting up a department or facility; stresses that it is an addition.
• Synonym創設そうせつWrittenWritten/formal prose for founding an organization for the first time; stresses creating it from nothing.
• Synonym備え付けるそなえつけるNeutralProviding something ready for use in a place, as in 「部屋に備え付けの冷蔵庫」; stresses having it pre-installed.
• Related設けるもうけるNeutralNative verb meaning to set up or prepare, as in 「会場を設ける」; leans abstract compared with 「設置」.
• Related設立せつりつNeutralFounding a company or organization, as in 「会社設立」; stresses legal incorporation, while 「設置」 leans toward agencies and equipment.
• Related樹立じゅりつWrittenWritten/formal prose for establishing or building up, as in 「国交樹立」 or 「新記録樹立」.
• Related装置そうちNeutralA device or apparatus, as in 「安全装置」; it can also mean fitting equipment in place, but usually points to the machine itself rather than the act.
• Related設備せつびNeutralEquipment and facilities as a whole, as in 「設備投資」; covers the full setup rather than a single installation.
• Related構築こうちくWrittenWritten/formal prose for building up a system, as in 「システム構築」; leans toward abstract construction.
• Related確立かくりつWrittenWritten/formal prose for firmly establishing a position or system; stresses something becoming settled.
• Related設定せっていNeutralSetting values or conditions; leans toward parameters and preferences, while 「設置」 is for placing equipment or founding organizations.
• Related装着そうちゃくNeutralFitting or wearing something on, as in 「シートベルト装着」; centers on attaching to the body or a vehicle.
• RelatedインストールNeutralLoanword for installing software on computers, phones, game consoles and the like; 「設置」 is for placing physical things or founding organizations.
• Related取り付けるとりつけるNeutralAttaching fittings or components, as in 「エアコンを取り付ける」; focuses on fitting a part on.
• Related作り付けるつくりつけるNeutralFixing something in so it cannot be removed, as in 「作り付けの棚」; suggests built-in fixtures.
• RelatedしつらえるWrittenWritten/formal prose for furnishing or arranging a space with care, as in 「部屋をしつらえる」; has an old-fashioned elegance.
• Related取り付けとりつけNeutralNoun for installation or mounting; also appears in 「取り付け騒ぎ」, a run on a bank.
• Antonym撤去てっきょNeutralAntonym: removing or dismantling what has been put in place, as in 「看板の撤去」.
• Antonym廃止はいしNeutralAntonym: abolishing an institution or system — the opposite of 「設置」 when it means founding one.
• Antonym撤収てっしゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose for taking down and withdrawing, opposite of 「設置」; often for tents or packed-up equipment.

Use 「設置」 for placing equipment or founding a body, as in 「防犯カメラを設置する」 or 「委員会を設置する」. For fitting a part onto something, say 「取り付ける」; for software, 「インストール」; for founding a company, 「設立」. Among the rest, 「設備」 is facilities, 「装置」 a device, 「設定」 parameter settings, and 「開設」 opening an account or service. The opposite of 「設置」 is 「撤去」.

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1. 設もうけて置おくこと。備え付そなえつけること。
2. 機関きかん、施設しせつなどをつくること。