Establish

Verb

 * 1)  To make stable or firm; to confirm.
 * 2)  To form; to set up in business.
 * 3)  To found; to institute.
 * 4)  To appoint, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
 * 5)  To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate.

Adverbs for Establish
infallibly; conclusively; firmly; pompously; ultimately; solidly; definitely; indispensably; officially; permanently; triumphantly; incontestably; sufficiently; extensively; formally;  rudely;  splendidly; ancestrally; palatially; administratively.

Synonyms for Establish
confirm, institute, found, build up, verify, endow, confirm, ratify, fulfill, prove, set up, authorize, demonstrate, substantiate, fix, plant, carry out, settle, constitute, organize, determine.

Antonyms for Establish
overthrow, topple, ruin, destroy, invalidate, disestablish, raze, tumble, replace, defeat, wreck, pull down, confuse, disprove, controvert, overcome, unsettle.

Related terms

 * stable

Derived terms

 * established church
 * establishing shot
 * long-established

Thesaurus
acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, adjust, advertise, affirm, afford proof of, ascertain, assure, authenticate, author, authorize, back up, ballyhoo, bark, base, bear, bed, beget, begin, bill, boost, break, break in, breed, bring about, bring forth, bring home to, bring to effect, bring to pass, bring up, broach, build, build in, build up, bulletin, case harden, cause, certify, christen, cinch, circularize, clear up, clinch, conceive, condition, confirm, constitute, corroborate, create, cry up, decide, declare lawful, decree, deep-dye, define, demonstrate, determine, dismiss all doubt, do, domesticate, domesticize, effect, effectuate, embed, enact, engender, engraft, engrave, ensconce, ensure, entrench, etch, familiarize, father, find out, fix, float, follow, follow from, form, formulate, found, generate, gentle, gestate, get at, give a write-up, give birth to, give occasion to, give origin to, give publicity, give rise to, ground, habituate, harden, have a case, hold good, hold water, housebreak, impact, implant, impress, imprint, inaugurate, incept, inculcate, induct, infix, ingrain, initiate, inscribe, install, instill, institute, insure, introduce, inure, invest, jam, launch, lay, lay the foundation, legalize, legislate, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize, lift up, locate, lodge, make, make a regulation, make certain, make good, make legal, make no doubt, make no mistake, make out, make sure, make sure of, materialize, moor, nail down, naturalize, occasion, ordain, organize, orient, orientate, originate, pack, pitch, placard, place, plant, plug, post, post bills, post up, prescribe, press-agent, print, produce, promote, prove, prove to be, prove true, publicize, puff, put, put in, put in force, put up, raise, realize, reassure, regulate, remove all doubt, ring in, rivet, root, sanction, season, seat, secure, see that, see to it, sell, set, set afloat, set agoing, set at rest, set down, set in, set on foot, set up, settle, settle the matter, show, sire, sort out, spiel, stamp, start, start going, start up, station, stereotype, stick, substantiate, support, tame, train, turn on, usher in, validate, verify, vest, wedge, wont, work, write up

Etymology
establissen:, establir:, (Modern  établir:), from  stabilio:, from stabilis:.

Pronunciation

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Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (quèdìng)
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,
 * Norwegian: fastslå


 * Polish: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: устанавливать (ustanávlivat’), установить (ustanovít’)
 * Swedish: grunda, grundläga, motivera
 * Turkish: yerleştirmek


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (jiànlì)
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German:, ,


 * Kurdish: ,
 * Norwegian: etablere
 * Polish:
 * Russian: учреждать (učr'eždát'), учредить (učr'edít')
 * Turkish: yerleştirmek


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (jiànlì);  (chuàngbàn)
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:, ,


 * Kurdish: ,
 * Norwegian: etablere
 * Polish: założyć, ustanowić
 * Russian: основывать (osnóvyvat'), основать (osnovát')
 * Turkish: yapmak


 * Finnish: nimittää (officers), vahvistaa (regulation)
 * German:


 * Polish: wyznaczyć, ustanowić


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (zhèngshí)
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:


 * German:, , ,
 * Norwegian: fastslå
 * Polish: ustalić
 * Turkish: tespit etmek, saptamak