established
Use Established in a sentence
lɪʃ 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.
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.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English establissen < Middle French establiss-, extended stem of establir < Latin stabilīre, akin to stabilis stable2
1325–75; Middle English establissen < Middle French establiss-, extended stem of establir < Latin stabilīre, akin to stabilis stable2
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)
Antonyms
1. abolish. 3. disprove.
1. abolish. 3. disprove.
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| —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 | |
| es'tablisher | |
| —n | |
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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.
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Example sentences
Plant divisions and keep them well watered while they're getting established.
The team's work established that a transfer of rocks could occur easily and often between planets in the inner solar system.
No matter how established the theory is, nothing should be taken for granted, and everything should be verified.
If a causal relation can be established, then treating gum disease early may prevent hundreds of heart attacks every year.
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