English Online Dictionary. What means establish? What does establish mean?
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.
- (transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
- (transitive) To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
- (transitive) To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to demonstrate.
Derived terms
- established church
- establishing shot
- long-established
- preestablish
- re-establish
- establishment
Related terms
- stable
Translations
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.