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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: abolishto 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, verifyAntonyms: disproveto 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: decreeto 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
Other Word Forms
- establishable adjective
- establisher noun
- reestablish verb (used with object)
- superestablish verb (used with object)
- unestablishable adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of establish1
Word History and Origins
Origin of establish1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The accords include so-called safety zones to be established around operations and assets that countries build on the Moon.
Emergency services are on the scene and have begun helping people, he said, adding that information regarding the injured was still being established.
Even as she established herself in Germany, the dream of fighting in Norway never left her.
I don’t really keep track, but once something as extreme as death metal has been around for decades, it becomes an established part of the music scene.
The firm vowed to establish the UK's biggest native woodland and peatland restoration project, supported by sales of its Lost Forest lager.
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