establish

Definitions

1. 1adjective

   To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.

2. 2adjective

   To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain.

3. 3adjective

   To originate and secure the permanent existence of; to found; to institute; to create and regulate; -- said of a colony, a state, or other institutions.

4. 4adjective

   To secure public recognition in favor of; to prove and cause to be accepted as true; as, to establish a fact, usage, principle, opinion, doctrine, etc.

5. 5adjective

   To set up in business; to place advantageously in a fixed condition; -- used reflexively; as, he established himself in a place; the enemy established themselves in the citadel.

6. 6verb

   use as a basis for; found on

   "base a claim on some observation"

   Synonyms

   basefoundground
7. 7verb

   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"

   Synonyms

   demonstrateproveshewshow
8. 8verb

   institute, enact, or establish

   "make laws"

   Synonyms

   make
9. 9verb

   place

   "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"

   Synonyms

   instalinstall
10. 10verb

    set up or lay the groundwork for

    "establish a new department"

    Synonyms

    constitutefoundinstituteplant
11. 11verb

    bring about

    "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"

    Synonyms

    give
12. 12verb

    build or establish something abstract

    "build a reputation"

    Synonyms

    build
13. 13verb

    set up or found

    "She set up a literacy program"

    Synonyms

    foundlaunch