Definitions for establish
ɪˈstæb lɪʃes·tab·lish

Princeton's WordNet(2.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. establish, set up, found, launch(verb)

   set up or found

   "She set up a literacy program"

2. establish, found, plant, constitute, institute(verb)

   set up or lay the groundwork for

   "establish a new department"

3. prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew(verb)

   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. lay down, establish, make(verb)

   institute, enact, or establish

   "make laws"

5. establish, give(verb)

   bring about

   "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"

6. install, instal, set up, establish(verb)

   place

   "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"

7. build, establish(verb)

   build or establish something abstract

   "build a reputation"

8. establish, base, ground, found(verb)

   use as a basis for; found on

   "base a claim on some observation"

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. establish(Verb)

   To make stable or firm; to confirm.

2. establish(Verb)

   To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.

3. establish(Verb)

   To appoint, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain.

4. establish(Verb)

   To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate.

Origin: establissen, , stem of some of the conjugated forms of establir, (Modern établir), from stabilio, from stabilis.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Establish(adj)

   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. Establish(adj)

   to appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain

3. Establish(adj)

   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. Establish(adj)

   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. Establish(adj)

   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

Origin: [OE. establissen, OF. establir, F. tablir, fr. L. stabilire, fr. stabilis firm, steady, stable. See Stable, a., -ish, and cf. Stablish.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Establish

   es-tab′lish, v.t. to settle or fix: to confirm: to prove a point: to ordain: to found: to set up in business: to institute by law as the recognised state church, and to support officially and financially.—p.adj. Estab′lished, fixed: ratified: instituted by law and supported by the state.—ns. Estab′lisher; Estab′lishment, act of establishing: fixed state: that which is established: a permanent civil or military force: one's residence and style of living: the church established by law.—adj. Establishmentār′ian, maintaining the principle of the established church.—n. one who maintains this principle. [O. Fr. establir, pr.p. establissant—L. stabilīre—stabilis, firm—stāre, to stand.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'establish' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1940

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'establish' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3622

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'establish' in Verbs Frequency: #131

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of establish in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of establish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of establish in a Sentence

1. Reinhold Niebuhr:

   The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.

2. Shaikh Nazmul Alam:

   The aim of the attacks was to establish a caliphate state in Bangladesh.

3. President Tayyip Erdogan:

   We plan to establish Turkey as the energy distribution hub of the region.

4. The Romania-born Vizer:

   The cost of $450 million to establish a digital channel seems exaggerated.

5. Chris Christie:

   Now that he's there, America's got to re-establish its presence in that area.

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