establishing

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪˈstæblɪʃɪŋ/
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  • Hyphenation: es‧tab‧lish‧ing

Verb

establishing

  1. present participle and gerund of establish

Derived terms

Noun

establishing (plural establishings)

  1. The act by which something is established; establishment.
    • 1845, Matthew Habershon, The Shadows of the Evening, page 6:
      This course consists of the overturnings and establishings of the various successive empires under which the Church of Christ, both in its Jewish and Christian state, should exist []