Dictionary entry details
• ESTABLISH (verb)
Meaning:
Set up or found
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
establish; found; launch; set up
Context example:
She set up a literacy program
Hypernyms (to "establish" is one way to...):
open; open up (start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
abolish (do away with)
Meaning:
Set up or lay the groundwork for
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
institute; establish; found; plant; constitute
Context example:
establish a new department
Hypernyms (to "establish" is one way to...):
initiate; pioneer (take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "establish"):
fix (set or place definitely)
appoint; constitute; name; nominate (create and charge with a task or function)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
shew; prove; demonstrate; show; establish
Context examples:
The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound / The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture
Hypernyms (to "establish" is one way to...):
affirm; confirm; corroborate; substantiate; support; sustain (establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "establish"):
prove oneself (show one's ability or courage)
prove (prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof)
contradict; negate (prove negative; show to be false)
stultify (prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Institute, enact, or establish
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
lay down; establish; make
Context example:
make laws
Hypernyms (to "establish" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "establish"):
mark; set (establish as the highest level or best performance)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Bring about
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
establish; give
Context example:
The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth
Hypernyms (to "establish" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "establish"):
introduce (bring in or establish in a new place or environment)
pacify (fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Place
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
instal; install; establish; set up
Context example:
Her manager had set her up at the Ritz
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Use as a basis for; found on
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
base; found; establish; ground
Context example:
base a claim on some observation
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "establish"):
build (found or ground)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Build or establish something abstract
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
build; establish
Context example:
build a reputation
Hypernyms (to "establish" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
