Both Uses
establish
in
Educated, by Tara Westover
(Edited)
- I've asked my brothers, aunts, uncles and cousins, but I have not been able to definitively establish a timeline, and have therefore relied on my own memories.
p. 18.9 *establish = determine (figure out)
- "Tell me," he would say, "why have you placed this comma here? What relationship between these phrases are you hoping to establish?"
p. 239.5 *establish = create
Definitions:
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(1)
(establish as in: establish a positive tone) create, start, or set in [a] place
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(2)
(establish as in: establish that there is a need) show or determine (cause to be recognized or figure out)
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)