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established

[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.

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.

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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.

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Origin:
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)

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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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Example Sentences

Excitement about new products also is driving up the stock prices of some established drug companies.

Clydesdale did find students whose narratives fit the culturally established pattern.

Having established its authority, it then names local police chiefs.

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Excitement about new products also is driving up the stock prices of some established drug companies.

Clydesdale did find students whose narratives fit the culturally established pattern.

Having established its authority, it then names local police chiefs.

Sinosauropteryx is the first fossil dinosaur to have its color scientifically established.

The earlier replies to this question established the implausibility of drawing on the zero point energy for practical use.

But they were established with a noble purpose, as places where doctors-in-training could study actual specimens.

For any magnolia, choose planting site carefully-virtually all these trees are hard to move once established.

Several states soon established their own weather services to gather data.

Preference will be given to those with established research programs.

More chaotic markets where retailers buy from less established suppliers based solely on price would be different.

Marine life is starting to take its place alongside more established lab animals in medical and basic biological research.

Several studies have established that taller people today tend to live longer.

Butler found them work, established camps and provided food, clothing and wages.

Use low-flow drip-irrigation with a manual shutoff valve for the first year or so, until plants are established.

They watched their employees jump ship for startups, and now established companies are trying to get them back.

Preference will be given to those with an established record in research and teaching.

Cities with established public transport solutions, by contrast, would attract punitive per-mile rates.

They also established a system to water these plots by harvesting water from mountaintop forests.

The findings suggest that the tendency stems from head-tilting preferences established during the last weeks in the womb.

We present art exhibits featuring the work of emerging and established artists.

Where the climate is generally mild and winters are rainy, amend the soil in established plantings annually after fall cleanup.

Established truths are comforting, but it is the mysteries that make the soul ache and render a life of exploration worth living.

We encourage applications from candidates with established records of research and teaching in either of these areas.

Established only three years ago, it is still losing money.

But you haven't established either a trend or a mechanism.

Difficult to eliminate once established add to my plant list.

ThinkGeek has established a weird kind of yearly tradition.

Review of applications begins immediately and will continue until the job is filled or an adequate applicant pool is established.

In only five years it has established itself in the top ten, but it is not making much money.

The descent of birds from small, meat-eating dinosaurs is by now established.

Mature agaves ocotillo prickly pear cactus and yuccas transplanted from the old yard give the new garden an established look.

It was so harmless, in fact, that no lethal dose could be established.

Careers and canons won't be established in traditional ways.

Established ways of doing this, such as photolithography, use silicon as the semiconductor in the transistors.

Asking subjects to bet on how well they know something is an established trick in neuroeconomics.

Deep roots give established plants considerable drought tolerance, but they'll spread faster if watered.

The overall benefit of feeding babies breast milk instead of formula has been well established.

Both high-status sociology departments with firmly established reputations and low-status departments.

Established business houses can use their muscle to expand into new areas, sometimes at the expense of newcomers.

If the facts are so obvious, they surely have been established through scientific research.

Elephant's ear is easy to grow and quick to get established.

The basics of a successful private-equity deal are well established.

It needs only ordinary garden soil and performs well with little water once established.

More important, the large trees made their garden look more established.

Your plants will be well established by the time spring growth starts.

Grows best near coast, where established plants need no irrigation.

Prune established horsechestnuts only to eliminate dead or damaged wood and any awkward-looking branches.

Kill established plants by regularly cutting to the ground any stems that have reached six inches tall.

In colder part of range, plant in spring to give plants time to become established before cold weather arrives.

Once you've potted the divisions, treat them with extra care until their roots become established.

Increase established plantings by digging and dividing the roots add to my plant list.

Water plants regularly the first year to get them established.

After that, they should be established and will need little supplemental water.

Plant them in full sun, and water regularly the first year to get them established.

Established brands breed new variations without cease.

His trade voyages united three continents and established the first global trading network.

Review of applications begins immediately and will continue until an adequate applicant pool is established.

These rights are established as soon as the material has been created, with no need for official registration.

But researchers have now established that the footprints belong to humans.

They freshly arm the not-quite-so-young and established hungry:.

Candidates must have an established record of excellence in.

It is now pretty well established that vaccination does not create autism.

The other seven species are not as established but are considered potential threats.

Smithsonian magazine accepts unsolicited proposals from established freelance writers for features and some departments.

Sega left the gore in, but established its own internal system of game ratings, based on the motion picture industry's schema.

Rather, it is an established psychological phenomenon in which the brain tries to make sense of fragmentary information.

Gift annuities can be established to provide income for the benefit of loved ones and friends.

Thus, targeting the enzyme could one day lead to long-sought treatments for diseases in which established memories grow dim.

He also ramped up humanities programs and established two endowed chairs in poetry.

Both groups had established toll-free phone lines for voters to report problems.

Even for the peer reviewed journals, the problem is that they haven't yet established a reputation in the field.

But by reducing the money available to sign and tout new artists, file-sharing has made it harder for bands to become established.

Slotow favors introducing adult female lions and established prides to regions of parks where there are no resident lions.

Folkman's reputation in the medical world was well established long before he hit the headlines.

Powerland was established by a group of enthusiasts dedicated to the preservation, restoration and.

The researchers will also use tumor banks already established at other clinics.

Also, there is a growing trend for administrators to lower the bar for their students rather than enforce established standards.

Recent elections have laid bare the established parties' woes, but the causes go back decades.

It will then be up to the relevant community or peoples to apply and give effect to their established decision-making processes.

Established smaller companies want to shift toward clean energy.

NP's had been established to view nature as pristine.

When young plants are well established and frost danger is past, plant outdoors.

Given shortage of shares in newly public companies, many short-sellers find it easier to bet against more established firms.

UF has a long history of established programs in international education, research and service.

And this time the elaborate global supply-chain established to make the plane-a big factor behind the strike-was not to blame.

Seligman established a field called positive psychology.

Country singers and writers established the idea of a home away from home for what quickly became a nation of drivers.

When summer- and fall-blooming perennials die down, cool-season annuals kick into gear to fill gaps between established plants.

Applications will be received until an adequate pool of applications is established or until the position is filled.

Then he waited two to four months and presented the same pups-now established as independent juveniles-with their own eggs.

Under his leadership, the convention established a black publishing house to produce religious materials for its congregations.

In that, our libraries are following a pattern already established in their parent universities.

It's always useful to have some sort of established framework to describe results in a new system.

Japan has decades of planning experience and an established early warning system.

There is no other theory to explain it while also explaining why the established physics isn't causing.

The baseline species counts established by the census have already come in handy.

First, the definition of a battery must be established.

Wait until your plant is happily established with leaves maturing and new leaves growing out from the middle.

Wade established a fundamental right to privacy between a doctor and a patient.

Established plants survive with no supplemental moisture but need deep watering for top-quality nuts.

Established plants get by with reduced moisture add to my plant list.

Water deeply at planting time, then frequently thereafter until they are established.

In established gardens, amend planting beds before setting out the following:.

Bicycling is permitted on established public roads, parking areas, and designated routes.

For chemical control, use a preemergence herbicide to prevent seedlings from becoming established in lawns and around ornamentals.

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Etymonline

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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