establishes

[Es*tab·lish]

To establish something means to begin it or bring it about. If you want everyone in your family to bring you chocolate every evening, you can establish a “Chocolates for Me” policy requiring it.

...

To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.

Verb
use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"

Verb
establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"

Verb
institute, enact, or establish; "make laws"

Verb
place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"

Verb
set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"

...

Verb
bring about; "The trompe l''oeil-illusion establishes depth"

Verb
build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation"

Verb
set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"


a.
To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.

a.
To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain.

a.
To originate and secure the permanent existence of; to found; to institute; to create and regulate; -- said of a colony, a state, or other institutions.

a.
To secure public recognition in favor of; to prove and cause to be accepted as true; as, to establish a fact, usage, principle, opinion, doctrine, etc.

a.
To set up in business; to place advantageously in a fixed condition; -- used reflexively; as, he established himself in a place; the enemy established themselves in the citadel.


Establish

Es*tab"lish , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Established ; p. pr. & vb. n. Establishing.] [OE. establissen, OF. establir, F. '82tablir, fr. L. stabilire, fr. stabilis firm, steady, stable. See Stable, a., -ish, and cf. Stablish.] 1. To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.
So were the churches established in the faith.
The best established tempers can scarcely forbear being borne down.
Confidence which must precede union could be established only by consummate prudence and self-control.
2. To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
By the consent of all, we were established The people's magistrates.
Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed.
3. To originate and secure the permanent existence of; to found; to institute; to create and regulate; -- said of a colony, a state, or other institutions.
He hath established it [the earth], he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited.
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!
4. To secure public recognition in favor of; to prove and cause to be accepted as true; as, to establish a fact, usage, principle, opinion, doctrine, etc.
At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
5. To set up in business; to place advantageously in a fixed condition; -- used reflexively; as, he established himself in a place; the enemy established themselves in the citadel.

To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.

...

Usage Examples

I speak onstage to try to establish some method of communication. The songs are supposed to be a way of communicating. But speech and drinks and sometimes chocolates are also a way of communicating.

As long as the opposition believes the world will stand with Ukraine's democrat reformers, they will have the leverage and the courage to establish a legitimate republic under the leadership of Viktor Yushchenko.

I am extremely excited to develop and design a brand representative of my life, experiences and style. Working closely with Cherokee will help establish a worldwide presence with best-in-class retailers and category leaders.

I hear the way people talk about the children of famous people. They're not treated very well. The presumptions are usually quite awful. So I tried to establish myself with a couple of movies. After 'Juno' I thought: 'I think I've defined myself enough as my own director that I'd love to work with my father.'

I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.

Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to break the multitude to intellectual vassalage, not to establish over them a spiritual tyranny, but to rouse them from lethargy, and to aid them to judge for themselves.

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.

Cause and effect, the riddle of all history, is a particular devil in financial history and never more so than today, where entire classes of security are collapsing not on public exchanges and stock-tickers but because there are no markets to establish prices this side of nothing.

Misspelled Form

establishes, westablishes, 3establishes, 4establishes, restablishes, sestablishes, destablishes, wstablishes, 3stablishes, 4stablishes, rstablishes, sstablishes, dstablishes, ewstablishes, e3stablishes, e4stablishes, erstablishes, esstablishes, edstablishes, eastablishes, ewstablishes, eestablishes, edstablishes, exstablishes, ezstablishes, eatablishes, ewtablishes, eetablishes, edtablishes, extablishes, eztablishes, esatablishes, eswtablishes, esetablishes, esdtablishes, esxtablishes, esztablishes, esrtablishes, es5tablishes, es6tablishes, esytablishes, esgtablishes, esrablishes, es5ablishes, es6ablishes, esyablishes, esgablishes, estrablishes, est5ablishes, est6ablishes, estyablishes, estgablishes, estqablishes, estwablishes, estsablishes, estzablishes, estqblishes, estwblishes, estsblishes, estzblishes, estaqblishes, estawblishes, estasblishes, estazblishes, estavblishes, estagblishes, estahblishes, estanblishes, esta blishes, estavlishes, estaglishes, estahlishes, estanlishes, esta lishes, estabvlishes, estabglishes, estabhlishes, estabnlishes, estab lishes, estabklishes, estabolishes, estabplishes, estab:lishes, estabkishes, estaboishes, estabpishes, estab:ishes, establkishes, establoishes, establpishes, establ:ishes, establuishes, establ8ishes, establ9ishes, establoishes, establjishes, establkishes, establushes, establ8shes, establ9shes, establoshes, establjshes, establkshes, establiushes, establi8shes, establi9shes, establioshes, establijshes, establikshes, establiashes, establiwshes, establieshes, establidshes, establixshes, establizshes, establiahes, establiwhes, establiehes, establidhes, establixhes, establizhes, establisahes, establiswhes, establisehes, establisdhes, establisxhes, establiszhes, establisghes, establisyhes, establisuhes, establisjhes, establisnhes, establisges, establisyes, establisues, establisjes, establisnes, establishges, establishyes, establishues, establishjes, establishnes, establishwes, establish3es, establish4es, establishres, establishses, establishdes, establishws, establish3s, establish4s, establishrs, establishss, establishds, establishews, establishe3s, establishe4s, establishers, establishess, establisheds, establisheas, establishews, establishees, establisheds, establishexs, establishezs, establishea, establishew, establishee, established, establishex, establishez, establishesa, establishesw, establishese, establishesd, establishesx, establishesz.

Other Usage Examples

And most importantly perhaps, children can learn about their rights, share their knowledge with the children of other nations, identify problems with them and establish how they might work together to address them.

After learning the language and culture of the Chinese people, these Jesuits began to establish contacts with the young intellectuals of the country.

I declare that I will establish peace in this world.

Galileo was no idiot. Only an idiot could believe that science requires martyrdom - that may be necessary in religion, but in time a scientific result will establish itself.

I am certain no one sets out to be cruel, but our treatment of the elderly ill seems to have no philosophy to it. As a society, we should establish whether we have a policy of life at any cost.

Along with that ongoing process Sinn Fein took a decision to establish a peace commission which had the responsibility to travel around the country to receive submissions from the general public, also our opponents.

I put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate in the schools, not to establish the truth but to seek it.

I perceived how that it was impossible to establish the lay people in any truth except the Scripture were plainly laid before their eyes in their mother tongue.

Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.

Comments


Browse Dictionary