What does establish mean?

establish, set up, found, launch(verb)

set up or found

"She set up a literacy program"

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

set up or lay the groundwork for

"establish a new department"

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"

lay down, establish, make(verb)

institute, enact, or establish

"make laws"

establish, give(verb)

bring about

"The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"

install, instal, set up, establish(verb)

place

"Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"

build, establish(verb)

build or establish something abstract

"build a reputation"

establish, base, ground, found(verb)

use as a basis for; found on

"base a claim on some observation"

establish(Verb)

To make stable or firm; to confirm.

establish(Verb)

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

establish(Verb)

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

establish(Verb)

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

To ESTABLISH(v.a.)

1. To settle firmly; to fix unalterably.

He may establish thee to-day for a people unto himself. Deut.

Upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice. Is. ix.

I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, Gen. xvii. 19.

The Normans never obtained this kingdom by such a right of conquest, as did or might alter the established laws of the kingdom. Matthew Hale, Common Law of England.

Soon after the rebellion broke out, the Presbyterian sect was established in all its forms by an ordinance of the lords and commons. Jonathan Swift.

Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. Num.

So were the churches established in the faith. Acts xvi. 5.

He appointed in what manner his family should be established. Edward Hyde, b. viii.

For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. Ps. xxiv. 12.

We will establish our estate upon
Our eldest Malcolm, whom we name hereafter
The prince of Cumberland. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

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

Establish(adj)

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

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

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

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

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.]

establish

A technical phrase to express the quartering of any considerable body of troops in a country. Thus it is common to say, the army took up a position in the neighborhood of ——, and established the headquarters at ——.

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Spoken Corpus Frequency

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

Written Corpus Frequency

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

Verbs Frequency

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

Chaldean Numerology

The numerical value of establish in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

Pythagorean Numerology

The numerical value of establish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5