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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
establish/ɪˈstablɪʃ/
▶verb
- 1 set up on a firm or permanent basis.
■ initiate or bring about (communication).
- 2 achieve permanent acceptance or recognition for.
■ (as adj. established) recognized by the state as the national Church or religion.
- 3 show to be true or certain by determining the facts.
- 4 Bridge ensure that one's remaining cards in (a suit) will be winners (if not trumped) by playing off the high cards in that suit.
– derivatives
establisher noun.
establisher noun.
– origin ME (recorded earlier as stablish): from OFr. establiss-, lengthened stem of establir, from L. stabilire ‘make firm’, from stabilis (adj.) ‘stable’.
'establish' also found in these Oxford entries:
autodial
- balance
- bond
- bracket
- cement
- certain
- check
- chronology
- colonize
- confirm
- connect
- constative
- constitute
- constitutive
- correlate
- date
- destine
- destiny
- determine
- encamp
- endow
- ensconce
- entrench
- enumerate
- erect
- evidence
- find
- fix
- form
- found
- Hindutva
- identify
- identity
- implant
- ingrain
- install
- instate
- instil
- institute
- institutionalize
- invest
- investigate
- locate
- naturalize
- open
- pace
- paternity suit
- plant
- predestinate
Forum discussions with the word(s) "establish" in the title:
'easy to establish' or 'easy to be established'?
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establish a fact as "a given."
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Florence Nightingale is admirable in working to establish the profession of nursing.
Meanings of "establish"
Network-->establish relations with
non-preferred choices establish workplace skills
put down/send down/establish/take roots
study/investigate/establish
The plaintiff must establish the defendant has a legal duty
to establish - meaning?
to establish a fee
to establish communication, set communication?
To establish enough interrelation
to establish how
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build up,establish,
Doesn't Establish* Establishes no any
Establish
establish
establish a fact as "a given."
establish a good fame/reputation
establish base or found
establish or establishes
Florence Nightingale is admirable in working to establish the profession of nursing.
Meanings of "establish"
Network-->establish relations with
non-preferred choices establish workplace skills
put down/send down/establish/take roots
study/investigate/establish
The plaintiff must establish the defendant has a legal duty
to establish - meaning?
to establish a fee
to establish communication, set communication?
To establish enough interrelation
to establish how
to establish one's credentials
to establish trust and (a/the) strong business relationship
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