(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If someone ~es something such as an organization, a type of activity, or a set of rules, they create it or introduce it in such a way that it is likely to last for a long time.
The UN has ~ed detailed criteria for who should be allowed to vote...
The School was ~ed in 1989 by an Italian professor.
= set up, found
VERB: V n, V n
2.
If you ~ contact with someone, you start to have contact with them. You can also say that two people, groups, or countries ~ contact. (FORMAL)
We had already ~ed contact with the museum...
Singapore and South Africa have ~ed diplomatic relations.
V-RECIP: V n with n, pl-n V
3.
If you ~ that something is true, you discover facts that show that it is definitely true. (FORMAL)
Medical tests ~ed that she was not their own child...
It will be essential to ~ how the money is being spent...
An autopsy was being done to ~ the cause of death...
It was ~ed that the missile had landed on a test range in Australia.
= ascertain
VERB: V that, V wh, V n, it be V-ed that
~ed
That link is an ~ed medical fact.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
4.
If you ~ yourself, your reputation, or a good quality that you have, you succeed in doing something, and achieve respect or a secure position as a result of this.
This is going to be the show where up-and-coming comedians will ~ themselves...
He has ~ed himself as a pivotal figure in US politics...
We shall fight to ~ our innocence.
VERB: V pron-refl, V pron-refl as n, V n, also V n as n