Overview of verb establish

The verb establish has 8 senses

• establish, set up, found, launch -- (set up or found; "She set up a literacy program")


• establish, found, plant, constitute, institute -- (set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department")


• 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")


• lay down, establish, make -- (institute, enact, or establish; "make laws")


• establish, give -- (bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth")


• install, instal, set up, establish -- (place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz")


• build, establish -- (build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation")


• establish, base, ground, found -- (use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation")

Overview of adj established

The adj established has 5 senses

• established, constituted -- (brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established; "the established social order"; "distrust the constituted authority"; "a team established as a member of a major league"; "enjoyed his prestige as an established writer"; "an established precedent"; "the established Church")


• accomplished, effected, established -- (settled securely and unconditionally; "that smoking causes health problems is an accomplished fact")


• conventional, established -- (conforming with accepted standards; "a conventional view of the world")


• established -- (shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt; "the established facts in the case")


• established, naturalized -- (introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation)