1 [VN] to start or create an organization, a system, etc. that is meant to last for a long time
SYNSETUP:
The committee was established in 1912. * The new treaty establishes a free trade zone. * Let's establish some ground rules.
2 [VN] to start having a relationship, especially a formal one, with another person, group or country:
The school has established a successful relationship with the local community.
3 [VN] ~ sb/sth / yourself (in sth) (as sth) to hold a position for long enough or succeed in sth well enough to make people accept and respect you:
By then she was established as a star. * He has just set up his own business but it will take him a while to get established.
4 [VN] to make people accept a belief, claim, custom etc:
It was this campaign that established the paper's reputation. * Traditions get established over time.
5 to discover or prove the facts of a situation
SYNASCERTAIN:
[VN] Police are still trying to establish the cause of the accident. * [Vthat] They have established that his injuries were caused by a fall. * [Vwh-] We need to establish where she was at the time of the shooting. * [VNthat] It has since been established that the horse was drugged.
Rate this entry
About this entry
This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of establish come from?
This entry for establish is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is establish a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, establish is tagged as verb.
Does establish appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — establish appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
What is Lughet?
Lughet is a free trilingual dictionary covering nearly five million entries across Uyghur, Chinese, and English, drawn from more than ten source dictionaries and corpora.
