establish

[ ih-stab-lish ]

/ ɪˈstæb lɪʃ /

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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.

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

1325–75; Middle English establissen < Middle French establiss-, extended stem of establir < Latin stabilīre, akin to stabilis stable²

SYNONYMS FOR establish

1 form, organize. See fix.

3 verify, substantiate.

6 decree.

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ANTONYMS FOR establish

1 abolish.

3 disprove.

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OTHER WORDS FROM establish

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) un·es·tab·lish·a·ble, adjective

Words nearby establish

essonite, essonne, est, est., estab., establish, established church, establishment, establishmentarian, estafette, estaing, d'

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He recently reestablished contact with Allen and is currently enjoying a renewed relationship with him and Soon-Yi.

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In 1913, Matisse returned from Morocco and reestablished himself in Pairs.

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Since his failed 1980 race, Kennedy had reestablished himself as a power in the Senate.

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With the confessor, the tumult ceased, and silence was reestablished; everyone conjectured and wondered—the king was confessing.

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When he returned, the line of communication was reestablished, and Juan Alvarado was dead.

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Finally, the board rejected demands that the color line be reestablished in officers' messes and enlisted recreational facilities.

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They begin to get back to fundamentals and to seek means of becoming so reestablished as to avoid future cataclysms.

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She waited until the storm had subsided, until the old calm routine was reestablished.

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British Dictionary definitions for reestablished

establish

/ (ɪˈstæblɪʃ) /

verb (usually tr)

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 placethe 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 of establish

establisher, noun

Word Origin for establish

C14: from Old French establir, from Latin stabilīre to make firm, from stabilis stable ²

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