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ESTABLISH

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This Sign is Used to Say (Sign Synonyms)

• BASED ON
• ESTABLISH
• FORM (as in "to setup or establish")
• FOUND (as in "to establish")
• FOUNDED
• FOUNDER
• INSTALL (as in "to setup something")
• INSTITUTED (as in "to begin or introduce ")
• SETUP (as in "to set something down or to setup")

Examples of Usage

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English Sentence

My daughter took a chance when she quit her job and started her own company. Luckily, it has taken off and is successful.

ASL Gloss

MY DAUGHTER TOOK A CHANCE (GAMBLE) QUIT HER JOB ESTABLISHED HER OWN COMPANY LUCKY SUCCESSFUL SKYROCKET.

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English Sentence

As a young girl, Alice Cogswell, inspired her neighbor, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, to devote his life to educating the deaf and to create the American School for the Deaf. She and six other deaf children were the first students to attend the American School for the Deaf in 1817.

ASL Gloss

LITTLE DEAF GIRL NAME A-L-I-C-E C-O-G-S-W-E-L-L MET NEIGHBOR HIS NAME T-H-O-M-A-S H. G-A-L-L-A-U-D-E-T. HE FASCINATED HER. YEAR 1871 HE ESTABLISHED AMERICAN SCHOOL FOR DEAF. SHE AND SIX OTHER STUDENTS FIRST ENTER A-S-D

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Alice Hagemeyer was a deaf librarian and active leader that established Deaf Awareness Week and Deaf History Month.

ASL Gloss

A-L-I-C-E H-A-G-E-M-E-Y-E-R HERSELF DEAF LIBRARIAN. SHE ACTIVE LEADER SHE ESTABLISHED DEAF AWARENESS WEEK AND DEAF HISTORY MONTH.

Sign Variations for this Word

• Variation 1 - ASL
• Variation 2 - Fingerspelled

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