establishes

1. set up or foundExamples: "She set up a literacy program"Synonyms: establish, found, launch, set upAntonyms: abolish

2. set up or lay the groundwork forExamples: "establish a new department"Synonyms: constitute, establish, found, institute, plant

3. establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experimentExamples: "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"Synonyms: demonstrate, establish, prove, shew, showAntonyms: disprove

4. institute, enact, or establishExamples: "make laws"Synonyms: establish, lay down, make

5. bring aboutExamples: "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"Synonyms: establish, give

6. placeExamples: "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"Synonyms: establish, instal, install, set up