English Explanatory Dictionary

establish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make stable or firm; to confirm.
  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.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/ en-us-establish.ogg

Word forms

establish establishes establishing established

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”).

Related words

stable

Derived words

disestablish establishable established church establisher establishing shot establishment long-established preestablish re-establish reestablish unestablish
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