verb · academic
establish
/ɪˈstæblɪʃ/es·TAB·lish
to set up or create something that will last; to prove or show that something is true
Examples
“The investigators established a link between diet and the disease.”
“The university established a new scholarship scheme.”
“It is difficult to establish causation from these results alone.”
Band 8 sentence
“Although a correlation exists, we were unable to establish a causal relationship between the variables.”
Collocations
- establish a link/relationship
- establish that
- establish a company
Word family
Common mistakes
Last year they establish a research centre.→Last year they established a research centre.
He established that he agree with the proposal.→He established that he agreed with the proposal.
Say it for a higher band
5set up→6found→7+establish
Synonyms
set up
Easily confused
found
“They founded the charity in 1998.”
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