Establish
Establish verb - To be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of.
Usage example: established the first school for the education of Native Americans
Think and establish are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Think" instead a verb "Establish".
Nearby Words: establishment, establishing
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- It's a Locked Room Mystery, and you establish the existence of a third party with surprising ease... or so you think.
Source: Hope Spot / Video Games - At one point when the New Republic is trying to establish what "nationality" Martin is, he tries to explain that they don't really think that way on Earth any more.
Source: Literature / The Eschaton Series - Few things can establish one's badass cred quite like claiming to have killed someone with something no one would think of as a weapon of any sort, let alone a lethal one.
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