· set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"
Synonym(s): set_up, found, launch
Antonym(s): abolish
· set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"
Synonym(s): found, plant, constitute, institute
Hypernym(s): initiate, pioneer
· 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"
Synonym(s): prove, demonstrate, show, shew
Hypernym(s): confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
· institute, enact, or establish; "make laws"
· bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"
Synonym(s): give
· place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"
Synonym(s): install, instal, set_up
· build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation"
Synonym(s): build
· use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"
Synonym(s): base, ground, found