· set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"

Synonym(s): set_up, found, launch

Hypernym(s): open, open_up

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"

Synonym(s): lay_down, make

Hypernym(s): make, create

· bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"

Synonym(s): give

Hypernym(s): make, create

· 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

Hypernym(s): make, create

· use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"

Synonym(s): base, ground, found