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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 Words From
- 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
Instead of rebuilding neighborhoods that border the wilderness, communities could establish a protective shield of parkland, agricultural fields or even a golf course.
One of these tests is based on federally established methods, and the other is based on the stricter California state-established standards.
He eventually found his niche as their established comic support or antagonist.
In its report, the committee calls on the Welsh government to establish "clear guidance, alongside a robust decision-making framework, which will give teachers the confidence to set rules that work best for their young people".
It has taken time for Norris to establish himself as a front-runner in F1.
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