establish

Meaning

To make stable or firm; to confirm.
To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate.

found

set up

give birth to

bear witness to

make firm

put in place

set on foot

make secure

officialise

lay the foundation of

be enshrined

start a shop

repose on

set up a business

create. to form

set up to organize

start business

get customers

open business

setting up business

make name

bolster up

innovate

Frequency

Hyphenated as

es‧tab‧lish

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/

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”).