establish

Meaning

  1. (transitive) To make stable or firm; to confirm.
  2. (transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
  3. (transitive) To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
  4. (transitive) To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to demonstrate.

Synonyms

found
A1
set up
create
B1
build
B1
make
A1
form
B1
erect
C2
organize
C1
institute
C1
set
A1
constitute
23k
appoint
C2
prove
A2
fix
A2
construct
C2
install
C2
ascertain
21k
start
A1
settle
B1
plant
B1
🌱
demonstrate
C1
base
B1
instal
ground
A2
determine
B2
organise
C2
raise
B1
substantiate
37k
confirm
B2
build up
arrange
B2
produce
B2
place
A1
open
A1
show
A1
affirm
28k
reinforce
C2
launch
B2
take note
originate
31k
certify
32k
give
A1
introduce
B1
verify
C1
shew
define
C1
corroborate
C2
generate
C2
compose
C2
work
A1
Translations

établir
establecer
stabilire
gründen
fonder
fondare
estabelecer
errichten
einrichten
construire
fundar
costituire
stichten
instaurare
oprichten
Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
establissen
Cognate with French
French
établir
In summary

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”).

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