Dictionary definition for: Establish
1. (v) set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"
2. (v) set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"
3. (v) 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"
4. (v) institute, enact, or establish; "make laws"
5. (v) bring about; "The trompe l''oeil-illusion establishes depth"
6. (v) place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"
7. (v) use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"
8. (v) build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation"
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