establish
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
set up or found
She set up a literacy program
Types & categories
- open hypernym
Related & opposite
- abolish antonym
- establishment derivation
- founding derivation
- foundation derivation
- founder derivation
Sense 2 verb
set up or lay the groundwork for
establish a new department
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- establishment derivation
- founding derivation
- founder derivation
Sense 3 verb
establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound
Types & categories
- substantiate hypernym
- prove oneself hyponym
- prove hyponym
- negate hyponym
- stultify hyponym
Related & opposite
- disprove antonym
- validation derivation
- demonstrative derivation
Sense 4 verb
institute, enact, or establish
make laws
Types & categories
Sense 5 verb
bring about
The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- generate verb group
Sense 6 verb
place
Her manager had set her up at the Ritz
Related & opposite
- facility derivation
Sense 7 verb
build or establish something abstract
build a reputation
Types & categories
- create hypernym
Sense 8 verb
use as a basis for; found on
base a claim on some observation
Types & categories
- build hyponym
Related & opposite
- groundwork derivation
- reason derivation
- foundation derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | abolish |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | establishment |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | founding |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | foundation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | founder |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | open |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | establishment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | founding |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | founder |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | initiate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fix |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | appoint |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | disprove |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | validation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | demonstrative |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | substantiate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | prove oneself |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | prove |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | negate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | stultify |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | create |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | set |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | generate |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | create |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | introduce |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | pacify |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | facility |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | create |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | groundwork |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | reason |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | foundation |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | build |