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Definition:

  1. [verb] set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"
    Synonyms: set up, found, launch

  2. [verb] set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"
    Synonyms: found, plant, constitute, institute

  3. [verb] 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: prove, demonstrate, show, shew

  4. [verb] institute, enact, or establish; "make laws"
    Synonyms: lay down, make

  5. [verb] bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"
    Synonyms: give

  6. [verb] place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"
    Synonyms: install, instal, set up

  7. [verb] use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"
    Synonyms: base, ground, found

  8. [verb] build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation"
    Synonyms: build

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