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Synonyms for establish
ɪˈstæb lɪʃes·tab·lish
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
establish
Confirm (Latin con, together, and firmus, firm) is to add firmness or give stability to. Both confirm and corroborate presuppose something already existing to which the confirmation or corroboration is added. Testimony is corroborated by concurrent testimony or by circumstances; confirmed by established facts. That which is thoroughly proved is said to be established; so is that which is official and has adequate power behind it; as, the established government; the established church. The continents are fixed. A treaty is ratified; an appointment confirmed. An act is sanctioned by any person or authority that passes upon it approvingly. A statement is substantiated; a report confirmed; a controversy settled; the decision of a lower court sustained by a higher. Just government should be upheld. The beneficent results of Christianity confirm our faith in it as a divine revelation.
Synonyms:
assure, confirm, corroborate, fix, prove, ratify, sanction, settle, strengthen, substantiate, sustain, upholdAntonyms:
abrogate, annul, cancel, destroy, overthrow, shake, shatter, unsettle, upset, weakenPreposition:
Confirm a statement by testimony; confirm a person in a belief.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
establish
Synonyms:
plant, fir, settle, found, demonstrate, organize, confirm, institute, prove, substantiateAntonyms:
suppliant, unsettle, break-up, disestablish, misstate, confute, refute upset, subvert, presume, suppose, guess, conjecture, surmise
Princeton's WordNet
establish, set up, found, launchverb
set up or found
"She set up a literacy program"
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tack together, put together, set in motion, lay down, found, prepare, institute, instal, piece, tack, show, fix, put in, base, gear up, put up, frame, entrap, make, arrange, ground, plant, give, order, erect, ensnare, raise, lay out, launch, pitch, prove, plunge, shew, ready, set up, demonstrate, put, effect, effectuate, install, rear, assemble, constitute, set, rig, buildAntonyms:
abolish, get rid ofestablish, found, plant, constitute, instituteverb
set up or lay the groundwork for
"establish a new department"
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engraft, demonstrate, name, ground, implant, set up, install, be, set, base, found, institute, instal, launch, build, appoint, imbed, comprise, prove, represent, form, give, plant, shew, lay down, embed, make up, bring, nominate, make, show, constituteAntonyms:
get rid of, abolishprove, demonstrate, establish, show, shewverb
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"
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attest, express, rise, lay down, found, leaven, demo, try, exhibit, build, show, testify, depict, install, test, evidence, try out, present, read, instal, point, examine, make, indicate, ground, record, picture, register, certify, usher, plant, give, designate, essay, raise, render, launch, evince, prove, shew, institute, set up, turn out, demonstrate, manifest, show up, turn up, march, constitute, base, bear witnessAntonyms:
abolish, get rid oflay down, establish, makeverb
institute, enact, or establish
"make laws"
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wee-wee, take, hit, bring in, construct, demonstrate, draw, cook, have, piddle, launch, plant, piss, constitute, do, stool, earn, make believe, get to, hold, shit, defecate, lay down, institute, name, install, set up, stimulate, progress to, create, crap, take a shit, pretend, make water, gain, ready, found, realize, make up, shew, give, attain, pull in, induce, form, pee, show, make, wee, ca-ca, get, prepare, base, micturate, ground, reach, prove, build, throw, pass water, arrive at, pee-pee, relieve oneself, instal, spend a penny, take in, puddle, take a crap, clear, produce, nominate, take a leak, score, cause, urinate, work, fix, realise, seduceAntonyms:
get rid of, abolishestablish, giveverb
bring about
"The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"
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hand, commit, chip in, dedicate, cave in, lay down, collapse, found, institute, instal, impart, pass on, show, return, base, reach, present, have, fall in, make, pay, ground, throw, gift, kick in, feed, set up, ease up, apply, plant, give, grant, open, founder, move over, devote, hold, pass, render, launch, prove, shew, sacrifice, yield, turn over, demonstrate, leave, give way, install, consecrate, break, generate, contribute, constitute, afford, buildAntonyms:
get rid of, abolishinstall, instal, set up, establishverb
place
"Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"
Synonyms:
tack together, put together, lay down, frame, prepare, institute, instal, piece, tack, show, fix, put in, base, gear up, put up, found, entrap, make, arrange, ground, plant, give, order, erect, ensnare, raise, lay out, launch, pitch, prove, shew, ready, set up, demonstrate, put, effect, effectuate, install, rear, assemble, constitute, set, rig, buildAntonyms:
get rid of, abolishbuild, establishverb
build or establish something abstract
"build a reputation"
Synonyms:
demonstrate, ground, progress, install, construct, found, plant, base, set up, ramp up, instal, launch, build, prove, give, institute, build up, show, shew, lay down, make, work up, constituteAntonyms:
abolish, get rid ofestablish, base, ground, foundverb
use as a basis for; found on
"base a claim on some observation"
Synonyms:
demonstrate, ground, set up, install, strand, base, found, institute, instal, launch, build, prove, free-base, give, run aground, plant, shew, undercoat, lay down, prime, anchor, make, show, constituteAntonyms:
get rid of, abolish
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Editors Contribution
instate
to form; to found; to institute; to set up
Submitted by acronimous on June 24, 2014
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List of paraphrases for "establish":
create, establishing, establishment, set, determine, develop, build, creating, prepare, established, define, setting, introduce, creation, identify, determining, forge, building, ascertain, establishes, implement, demonstrate, provide, prove, make, fix, lay, compile
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How to use establish in a sentence?
These studies can only suggest an association and can not establish causation, for example, some women who report high stress may also have decreased sleep, irregular or unhealthy diets, or increased rates of substance use. It is unclear whether it is the' stress' that causes the adverse outcome.
One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish a dictatorship.
Exatel CEO Nikodem Boncza Tomaszewski:
The best organizational formula ... would be to establish the company by Exatel (with) private mobile operators, possibly other state companies with telecommunications needs such as energy and railway companies.
You know that the value of our science is in the complexity of our understanding, our ability to convey that understanding to a wide audience of users of this information, and to establish and sustain the public trust in the truth and legitimacy of that information, i have a responsibility to pursue these truths. I will.
The situation in Ukraine is now very volatile, it is urgent that they establish a new government and even more urgent that they speed up the reform process.
Translations for establish
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- основавам, утвърждавам, затвърждавам, установявамBulgarian
- establirCatalan, Valencian
- einsetzen, herstellen, festlegen, niederlassen, feststellen, festsetzen, etablieren, eröffnen, gründen, begründenGerman
- καθιερώνωGreek
- establiEsperanto
- establecer, nombrarSpanish
- تاسيس كردنPersian
- osoittaa, perustaa, vakiinnuttaa, nimittää, vahvistaaFinnish
- établirFrench
- stèidhichScottish Gaelic
- establecerGalician
- հիմնադրել, նշանակել, հաստատել, հիմնավորելArmenian
- دامهزراندن, پێکهێنانKurdish
- parākiri, whakaūMāori
- bevestigen, oprichten, stichten, vaststellenDutch
- etablere, fastslåNorwegian
- ustalić, ustanowić, wyznaczyć, założyćPolish
- estabelecer, firmar, fundar, nomearPortuguese
- stabiliRomanian
- учреждать, устанавливать, основывать, основать, учредить, установитьRussian
- grundläga, etablera, motivera, grundaSwedish
- yapmak, saptamak, tespit etmek, yerleştirmekTurkish
- встановитиUkrainian
- thành lậpVietnamese
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