establish
to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
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.
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.
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.
Origin of establish
1synonym study For establish
Other words for establish
Opposites for establish
Other words from establish
- 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
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How to use establish in a sentence
It led a successful campaign to reduce the pollution caused by coal-fired power plants in the US, helped limit the US power sector’s CO2 emissions, and helped establish regulations of diesel, shipping, and methane emissions.
Want to fight climate change effectively? Here’s where to donate your money. | Sigal Samuel | September 17, 2020 | VoxIt can never become mathematics, because those values aren’t fixed or established.
Christian Puglisi Is Closing His Influential Copenhagen Restaurants. COVID Is Only Partly to Blame | Rafael Tonon | September 17, 2020 | EaterHaving established itself as one of the leading e-commerce players in India, Amazon is now casting a wider net in the country.
Amazon’s fintech push is a play to dig further into India | Ananya Bhattacharya | September 17, 2020 | QuartzTake advantage of that to consciously establish the new habits you actually want.
How a vacation—or a pandemic—can help you adopt better habits now | matthewheimer | September 12, 2020 | FortuneInvestor groups commit to establishing lasting relationships with founders in the program and to uphold accountability for representation within their organizations and their investment portfolios.
Huckabee will also need to establish a reliable fundraising base, something that up until now has proved to be elusive.
The king set about punishing Marshal, opposing his attempts to establish his family in their lands in Ireland and Wales.
England’s Greatest Knight Puts ‘Game of Thrones’ to Shame | William O’Connor | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey backed him when the Sandinistas tried to establish their own Cuban-inspired dictatorship.
China’s Nicaragua Canal Could Spark a New Central America Revolution | Nina Lakhani | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith Mac and Jesse we wanted to establish a friendship that was mostly a product of their common situation and enclosed world.
Nitehawk Shorts Festival: ‘Brute,’ a Twisted Take on Playing in the Dark | Julia Grinberg | November 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd she credits her mother for helping to establish who that woman was early on: independent, free, self-reliant.
Diane von Furstenberg: How I Learned to Love My Wrap Dress | Lizzie Crocker | October 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTChildren, and the building of a city shall establish a name, but a blameless wife shall be counted above them both.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousA proclamation was issued by government to establish a manufactory for white paper in England.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellSiyes desired a man who would overthrow the Directory and establish a dictatorship: Barras was coquetting with the Bourbons.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonSo one's common sense fails to establish a definite reasonable time.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesCongress resolved to establish the bank of North America, being the first regularly established bank in the country.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel Munsell
British Dictionary definitions for establish
/ (ɪˈstæblɪʃ) /
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
Origin of establish
1Derived forms of establish
- establisher, noun
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