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English
Etymology
From Middle English establissen, from Old French establiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of establir, (Modern French établir), from Latin stabiliō, stabilīre, from stabilis (“firm, steady, stable”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/
- Hyphenation: es‧tab‧lish
Verb
establish (third-person singular simple present establishes, present participle establishing, simple past and past participle established)
- (transitive) To make stable or firm; to confirm.
2015 February 7, Val Bourne, “The quiet man of the world of snowdrops”, in The Daily Telegraph (London), page G8:Once it [a snowdrop variety] became established, some bulbs were lifted and passed on to be chipped (i.e. cut into small pieces and grown on).
- (transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Genesis 6:18:But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
- (transitive) To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
1922, Ben Travers, chapter 4, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.
- (transitive) To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate.
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Translations
To make stable or firm; to confirm
- Armenian: հաստատել (hy) (hastatel), հիմնավորել (hy) (himnavorel)
- Asturian: establecer
- Bulgarian: установявам (bg) (ustanovjavam), затвърждавам (zatvǎrždavam)
- Catalan: establir (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 確定/确定 (zh) (quèdìng)
- Danish: fastslå (da)
- Finnish: vakiinnuttaa (fi), vahvistaa (fi)
- French: affermir (fr)
- Galician: establecer (gl)
- Georgian: დადგენა (dadgena)
- German: feststellen (de), etablieren (de)
- Greek: καθιερώνω (el) (kathieróno)
- Italian: stabilire (it), confermare (it)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: damezrandin (ku), xurt kirin (ku)
- Maori: parākiri, whakapūmau, whakaū, whakaturuma
- Norwegian: fastslå
- Polish: ustanowić (pl), ustalić (pl)
- Portuguese: firmar (pt)
- Romanian: stabili (ro)
- Russian: устана́вливать (ru) impf (ustanávlivatʹ), установи́ть (ru) pf (ustanovítʹ)
- Spanish: establecer (es)
- Swedish: grunda (sv), grundlägga (sv), motivera (sv)
- Turkish: yerleştirmek (tr)
- Ukrainian: встано́влювати (vstanóvljuvaty), встанови́ти pf (vstanovýty)
- Zazaki: herun kerden
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To found; to institute
- Armenian: հիմնադրել (hy) (himnadrel)
- Asturian: establecer
- Bulgarian: основавам (bg) (osnovavam)
- Catalan: establir (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 建立 (zh) (jiànlì), 創辦/创办 (zh) (chuàngbàn)
- Dutch: oprichten (nl)
- Egyptian: (grg)
- Esperanto: establi
- Finnish: perustaa (fi)
- French: établir (fr)
- Galician: establecer (gl)
- Georgian: დაარსება (daarseba), დაფუძნება (dapuʒneba)
- German: eröffnen (de), gründen (de), niederlassen (de)
- Hungarian: alapít (hu)
- Irish: cuir ar bun
- Italian: fondare (it), istituire (it)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: دامەزراندن (damezrandin), پێکھێنان (pêkhênan)
- Northern Kurdish: damezrandin (ku), ava kirin (ku)
- Latin: sistō (la)
- Malayalam: സ്ഥാപിക്കുക (ml) (sthāpikkuka)
- Maori: whakaū, whakakaupapa
- Norwegian: etablere
- Old English: aræran, asettan, astellan, befæstan, fæstan, gegrundweallian, gemægenian, gestaþolfæstian, onstellan, ræran, stalian, staþolfæstnian, staþolian
- Oromo: hundeessuu
- Persian: بنیان کردن, تأسیس کردن, بنا نهادن
- Polish: założyć (pl), ustanowić (pl)
- Portuguese: estabelecer (pt), fundar (pt)
- Russian: осно́вывать (ru) impf (osnóvyvatʹ), основа́ть (ru) pf (osnovátʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: stèidhich
- Spanish: establecer (es), instaurar (es)
- Swedish: grunda (sv), etablera (sv)
- Tocharian B: pyutk-
- Turkish: yapmak (tr)
- Ugaritic: 𐎖𐎐𐎊 (qny)
- Ukrainian: засно́вувати (zasnóvuvaty), заснува́ти pf (zasnuváty)
- Walloon: mete so pî (wa)
- Yiddish: אַוועקשטעלן (avekshteln)
- Zazaki: saz kerden
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To appoint, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain
To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate
Translations to be checked
References
- “establish”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “establish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.