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- pronunciation:
- ih
stae
blihsh
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word History, Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
establishes, establishing, established |
| definition 1: |
to successfully start or make something that did not exist before.
His grandfather established the business many decades ago.Her new book established her reputation as a great writer of fiction.
- synonyms:
- begin, create, form, found, initiate, institute, organize, originate, start
- antonyms:
- abolish, dissolve, do away with, lift, revoke, tear down
- similar words:
- construct, design, develop, ground, impose, inaugurate, install, open, pitch, plan, root, secure, set
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| definition 2: |
to prove or show to be true.
The lawyer established the suspect's guilt.- synonyms:
- confirm, demonstrate, prove, verify
- antonyms:
- disprove
- similar words:
- affirm, base, justify, show, support, sustain, uphold, warrant
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| related words: |
appoint, ascertain, base, charter, commence, confirm, create, determine, fix, initiate, introduce, ordain, originate, pace, set, time |
adverb + (v.)establish
formally, newly, thereby
(v.)establish
+ noun
base,
boundary,
colony,
connection,
contact,
diagnosis,
foundation,
framework,
friendship,
fund,
goal,
identity,
institution,
link,
mechanism,
network,
objective,
partnership,
pattern,
precedent,
presence,
principle,
procedure,
relation,
relationship,
reliability,
reputation,
requirement,
routine,
rule,
scholarship,
settlement,
standard,
tie,
trust,
zone
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Establish is from a Latin word that means "to make firm." The word stable goes back to the same Latin roots.
The word establish
contains the following part:
sta, stas, stat, stant, -stance
Latin and Greek
root
that means stand, standing, stabilize
  Example words:
circumstance, constant, ecstasy, establish, obstacle, stable, static, station, stationary, statue, status, substance
- synonyms:
- sist
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