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Verb establish has 8 senses
- establish, set up, found, launch - set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"
--1 is one way to open, open up
Antonyms: abolish, get rid of
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- establish, found, plant, constitute, institute - set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"
--2 is one way to initiate, pioneer
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Somebody ----s something
- prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew - establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"
--3 is one way to confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- lay down, establish, make - institute, enact, or establish; "make laws"
--4 is one way to make, create
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- establish, give - bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"
--5 is one way to make, create
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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- install, instal, set up, establish - place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- establish, base, ground, found - use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"
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Somebody ----s something PP
- build, establish - build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation"
--8 is one way to make, create
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Somebody ----s something
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