Definitions of establish [ɪˈstæb lɪʃ]

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Definition of 'establish'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) establish
to bring into being on a firm or permanent basis; found; institute:
to establish a university.

2.  establish
to install or settle in a position, place, business, etc.:
to establish oneself in business.

3.  establish
to show to be valid or true; prove:
to establish the facts.

4.  establish
to ascertain; determine:
to establish the time of death.

5.  establish
to cause to be accepted or recognized:
to establish a custom.

6.  establish
to bring about:
to establish order.

7.  establish
to enact, appoint, or ordain on a permanent basis, as a law.

8.  establish
to make (a church) a national or state institution.

9.  establish
to obtain control of (a suit of cards) so that one can win all the subsequent tricks in it.

Etymology: (1325–75; ME establissen < MF establiss- < L stabilīre to make firm)

Definition of 'establish'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) establish, set up, found, launch
set up or found
"She set up a literacy program"

2. (verb) establish, found, plant, constitute, institute
set up or lay the groundwork for
"establish a new department"

3. (verb) prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew
establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
"The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"

4. (verb) lay down, establish, make
institute, enact, or establish
"make laws"

5. (verb) establish, give
bring about
"The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"

6. (verb) install, instal, set up, establish
place
"Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"

7. (verb) build, establish
build or establish something abstract
"build a reputation"

8. (verb) establish, base, ground, found
use as a basis for; found on
"base a claim on some observation"

Definition of 'establish'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) establish
to make sth start to exist; = set up
We are establishing a relationship with a school in Mexico.; A charity fund was established in his name.

2. establish
to find enough evidence to support an idea
Have they established that it was a drowning?

3. establish
to gain recognition through success
She has established herself as the local legal expert.

Definition of 'establish'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) establish
to make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm

2. (adj) establish
to appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain

3. (adj) establish
to originate and secure the permanent existence of; to found; to institute; to create and regulate; -- said of a colony, a state, or other institutions

4. (adj) establish
to secure public recognition in favor of; to prove and cause to be accepted as true; as, to establish a fact, usage, principle, opinion, doctrine, etc

5. (adj) establish
to set up in business; to place advantageously in a fixed condition; -- used reflexively; as, he established himself in a place; the enemy established themselves in the citadel

Translation of 'establish'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to settle firmly in a position (eg a job, business etc) He established himself (in business) as a jeweller.
Afrikaans: vestig	Arabic: يُثَبِّت، يُعَزِّز	Bulgarian: установявам
Brazilian: estabelecer(-se)	Czech: etablovat se	German: sich niederlassen
Danish: grundlægge; oprette; etab	Greek: καθιερώνω, καθιερώνομαι	Spanish: establecer(se)
Estonian: (kellenagi) tunnustust le	Farsi: جا انداختن؛ ریشه دار کردن	Finnish: vakiinnuttaa
French: (s')établir	Hebrew: לִקבּוֹע	Hindi: स्थापित करना
Croatian: afirmirati, dokazati	Hungarian: elhelyezkedik	Indonesian: memantapkan
Icelandic: koma sér fyrir í	Italian: stabilire	Japanese: (地位に) つかせる
Korean: 기반을 잡다	Lithuanian: įtvirtinti	Latvian: iekārtot; iekārtoties; no
Malay: memantapkan	Dutch: vestigen	Norwegian: etablere, befeste, innret
Polish: wyrobić pozycję	Persian: جا انداختن؛ ریشه دار کردن	Pashto: ټينګول، ځاى په ځاى كول: و
Portuguese: estabelecer(-se)	Romanian: a se consacra	Russian: устраивать(ся)
Slovak: usadiť sa, zariadiť sa	Slovenian: uveljaviti	Serbian: dokazati se
Swedish: etablera	Thai: ก่อตั้ง	Turkish: girmek, atılmak
Taiwanese: 確立	Ukrainian: влаштовуватися	Urdu: مقام بنانا
Vietnamese: củng cố	Chinese: 确立
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