Establish vs. Define
Establishverb
(transitive) To make stable or firm; to confirm.
Establishverb
(transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
Establishverb
(transitive) To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
Establishverb
(transitive) To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate.
Establishverb
To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.
Establishverb
To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
Establishverb
To originate and secure the permanent existence of; to found; to institute; to create and regulate; - said of a colony, a state, or other institutions.
Establishverb
To secure public recognition in favor of; to prove and cause to be accepted as true; as, to establish a fact, usage, principle, opinion, doctrine, etc.
Establishverb
To set up in business; to place advantageously in a fixed condition; - used reflexively; as, he established himself in a place; the enemy established themselves in the citadel.
Establishverb
set up or found;
Establishverb
set up or lay the groundwork for;
Establishverb
establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment;
Establishverb
institute, enact, or establish;
Establishverb
bring about;
Establishverb
place;
Establishverb
use as a basis for; found on;
Establishverb
build or establish something abstract;
Establishverb
set up on a firm or permanent basis
Establishverb
initiate or bring about (contact or communication)
Establishverb
achieve permanent acceptance or recognition for
Establishverb
introduce (a character, set, or location) into a film or play and allow its identification
Establishverb
show (something) to be true or certain by determining the facts
Establishverb
ensure that one's remaining cards in (a suit) will be winners (if not trumped) by playing off the high cards in that suit
Defineverb
To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.
Defineverb
(obsolete) To settle, decide an argument etc.
Defineverb
To express the essential nature of something.
Defineverb
To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.
Defineverb
To describe, explain, or make definite and clear.
Defineverb
To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept.
Defineverb
(mathematics) To establish the referent of a term or notation.
Definenoun
(programming) A kind of macro in source code that replaces one text string with another wherever it occurs.
Defineverb
To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end.
Defineverb
To determine or clearly exhibit the boundaries of; to mark the limits of; as, to define the extent of a kingdom or country.
Defineverb
To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly; as, the defining power of an optical instrument.
Defineverb
To determine the precise signification of; to fix the meaning of; to describe accurately; to explain; to expound or interpret; as, to define a word, a phrase, or a scientific term.
Defineverb
To determine; to decide.
Defineverb
give a definition for the meaning of a word;
Defineverb
determine the essential quality of
Defineverb
determine the nature of;
Defineverb
delineate the form or outline of;
Defineverb
state or describe exactly the nature, scope, or meaning of
Defineverb
give the meaning of (a word or phrase), especially in a dictionary
Defineverb
make up or establish the character or essence of
Defineverb
mark out the boundary or limits of
Defineverb
make clear the outline of; delineate
