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establish
[
ih-
stab
-lish
]
Example Sentences
Origin
es·tab·lish
/
ɪˈstæb
lɪʃ
/
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[
ih-
stab
-lish
]
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verb (used with object)
1.
to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis:
to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
2.
to install or settle in a position, place, business, etc.:
to establish one's child in business.
3.
to show to be valid or true; prove:
to establish the facts of the matter.
4.
to cause to be accepted or recognized:
to establish a custom; She established herself as a leading surgeon.
5.
to bring about permanently:
to establish order.
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6.
to enact, appoint, or ordain for permanence, as a law; fix unalterably.
7.
to make (a church) a national or state institution.
8.
Cards
.
to obtain
control
of (a suit) so that one can win all the subsequent tricks in it.
COLLAPSE
Origin:
1325–75;
Middle English
establissen
<
Middle French
establiss-,
extended stem of
establir
<
Latin
stabilīre,
akin to
stabilis
stable
2
Related forms
es·tab·lish·a·ble,
adjective
es·tab·lish·er,
noun
qua·si-es·tab·lished,
adjective
re·es·tab·lish,
verb (used with object)
su·per·es·tab·lish,
verb (used with object)
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un·es·tab·lish·a·ble,
adjective
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Synonyms
1.
form, organize.
See
fix.
3.
verify, substantiate.
6.
decree.
Antonyms
1.
abolish.
3.
disprove.
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Exporters met recently in London to try to
establish
a cartel to push up prices.
Keeping the plant too wet makes it easier for bacteria or fungi to
establish
themselves.
His goal was to
establish
himself as a working comic, not as a television star.
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Verb
Exporters met recently in London to try to
establish
a cartel to push up prices.
Keeping the plant too wet makes it easier for bacteria or fungi to
establish
themselves.
His goal was to
establish
himself as a working comic, not as a television star.
Superstitions
establish
limits and invokes the imagination.
Students will conclude by writing proposals to
establish
new marine sanctuaries.
It took years for the tribunal to
establish
itself.
You cannot
establish
sound social security on borrowed money.
Everybody wants to fight to
establish
who they are as soon as possible.
We're looking to
establish
a tight knit group and so far so good.
It can summarize the article, set the scene, or
establish
the mood of the story.
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Collins
World English Dictionary
establish
(ɪˈstæblɪʃ)
—
vb
1.
to make secure or permanent in a certain place, condition, job, etc:
to establish one's usefulness
;
to establish a house
2.
to create or set up (an organization, etc) on or as if on a permanent basis:
to establish a company
3.
to prove correct or free from doubt; validate:
to establish a fact
4.
to cause (a principle, theory, etc) to be widely or permanently accepted:
to establish a precedent
5.
to give (a Church) the status of a national institution
6.
(of a person) to become recognized and accepted:
he established himself as a reliable GP
7.
(in works of imagination) to cause (a character, place, etc) to be credible and recognized:
the first scene established the period
8.
cards
to make winners of (the remaining cards of a suit) by forcing out opponents' top cards
9.
(
also intr
)
botany
a. to cause (a plant) to grow or (of a plant) to grow in a new place:
the birch scrub has established over the past 25 years
b. to become or cause to become a sapling or adult plant from a seedling
[C14: from Old French
establir,
from Latin
stabilīre
to make firm, from
stabilis
stable
²]
es'tablisher
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
establish
late 14c., from O.Fr. establiss-, stem of establir, from L. stabilire "make stable," from stabilis "stable" (see
stable
(2)). Related: Established; establishing.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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