establish

Academic Word List, sublist 1.

About 38.50 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To make stable or firm; to confirm.
2. verb To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
3. verb To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
4. verb To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to demonstrate.

   to establish a fact

Similar words

constitute prove set up make install give demonstrate instal base show

Often followed by

a the an that and their his themselves its

Word family

establishable established establisher establishers establishes establishing establishment establishments