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Sense: Verb: found

Synonyms:

found , institute, set up, create , start up, organize, organise (UK), arrange , pioneer , introduce , begin , start

Antonyms:

close down, shut down, close , go out of business, phase out, end , stop , halt , finish , wrap up (informal), destroy , ruin

Sense: Verb: determine

Synonyms:

determine , discover , ascertain, learn , find out, pinpoint , identify, verify , figure out, work out, ID (informal), clarify

Antonyms:

confuse , muddle , complicate, convolute, obscure

Sense: Verb: prove

Synonyms:

prove , show , demonstrate , verify , validate , substantiate, corroborate, certify, confirm , settle

Antonyms:

disestablish, disprove, refute, rebut, dispute , challenge , renounce, discredit, contradict, invalidate

Sense: Verb: secure

Synonyms:

secure , fix , stabilize, stabilise (UK), fasten , put sth in place, make sth secure, set

Antonyms:

detach , disconnect , separate , unfasten, destabilize

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