"establishing" in the verb sense
1. establish, set up, found, launch
set up or found
"She set up a literacy program"
2. establish, found, plant, constitute, institute
set up or lay the groundwork for
"establish a new department"
3. prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew
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. lay down, establish, make
institute, enact, or establish
"make laws"
5. establish, give
bring about
"The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"
6. install, instal, set up, establish
place
"Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"
7. build, establish
build or establish something abstract
"build a reputation"
8. establish, base, ground, found
use as a basis for found on
"base a claim on some observation"
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