establish
//ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ//
formalForms
- present (v1)
- establish
- past (v2)
- established
- past participle (v3)
- established
- present participle
- establishing
- 3rd person singular
- establishes
Definitions
1.To make stable or firm; to confirm.
- 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).
2.To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
3.To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
4.To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to demonstrate.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1057
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Common
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
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Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti
Proto-Italic *staējō
Proto-Italic *staēō
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis