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establish
[ ih-stab-lish ]
verb (used with object)
- to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis:
to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
Antonyms: abolish
- to install or settle in a position, place, business, etc.:
to establish one's child in business.
- to show to be valid or true; prove:
to establish the facts of the matter.
Synonyms: substantiate, verify
Antonyms: disprove
- to cause to be accepted or recognized:
to establish a custom; She established herself as a leading surgeon.
- to bring about permanently:
to establish order.
- to enact, appoint, or ordain for permanence, as a law; fix unalterably.
Synonyms: decree
- to make (a church) a national or state institution.
- Cards. to obtain control of (a suit) so that one can win all the subsequent tricks in it.
establish
/ ɪˈstæblɪʃ /
verb
- to make secure or permanent in a certain place, condition, job, etc
to establish one's usefulness
to establish a house
- to create or set up (an organization, etc) on or as if on a permanent basis
to establish a company
- to prove correct or free from doubt; validate
to establish a fact
- to cause (a principle, theory, etc) to be widely or permanently accepted
to establish a precedent
- to give (a Church) the status of a national institution
- (of a person) to become recognized and accepted
he established himself as a reliable GP
- (in works of imagination) to cause (a character, place, etc) to be credible and recognized
the first scene established the period
- cards to make winners of (the remaining cards of a suit) by forcing out opponents' top cards
- also intr botany
- 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
- to become or cause to become a sapling or adult plant from a seedling
Derived Forms
- esˈtablisher, noun
Other Word Forms
- es·tab·lish·a·ble adjective
- es·tab·lish·er noun
- re·es·tab·lish verb (used with object)
- su·per·es·tab·lish verb (used with object)
- un·es·tab·lish·a·ble adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of establish1
Word History and Origins
Origin of establish1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Born into a poor family in the city of Iriga, Ms Aunor established a career in television, music and film over seven decades.
Israel's defence minister has said troops will remain in the so-called security zones they have established by seizing large areas of Gaza even after an end to the war.
Giving the ruling, President of the Supreme Court Lord Reed said the need for restriction of freedom of speech must be "established convincingly", and that it was not by the NHS trusts in the case.
All are now tasked with carving out roles in a locker room rife with turnover, but still filled with established leaders.
Some victims' relatives, however, had wanted Dublin to establish a parallel inquiry in its own jurisdiction.
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