English to English verb Example:
• She set up a literacy program
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set up or lay the groundwork for | Example:
• establish a new department
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establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment | Example:
• The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound • The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture
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institute, enact, or establish | Example:
• make laws
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• The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth
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• Her manager had set her up at the Ritz
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build or establish something abstract | Example:
• build a reputation
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use as a basis for; found on | Example:
• base a claim on some observation
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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. | source: webster1913
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