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English

Etymology

establissement, établissement.

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-establishment.ogg


Noun

  1. The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
  2. : Since their establishment of the company in 1984, they have grown into a global business.
  3. The state of being established, founded, etc.; fixed state.
  4. : The firm celebrated twenty years since their establishment by updating their look.
  5. That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence.
  6. : Pedro's is a fine establishment serving a variety of delicious food.
  7. : Exposing the shabby parts of the establishment.
  8. The establishment: the ruling class or authority group in a society; especially, an entrenched authority dedicated to preserving the status quo.
  9. : It's often necessary to question the establishment to get things done.


Translations


fr:establishment ko:establishment io:establishment it:establishment ku:establishment hu:establishment ja:establishment pl:establishment ru:establishment simple:establishment ta:establishment te:establishment vi:establishment

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Establishment \Es*tab"lish*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. establissement, F.
['e]tablissement.]
1. The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining;
settlement; confirmation.
[1913 Webster]

2. The state of being established, founded, and the like;
fixed state.
[1913 Webster]

3. That which is established; as:
(a) A form of government, civil or ecclesiastical;
especially, a system of religion maintained by the
civil power; as, the Episcopal establishment of
England.
(b) A permanent civil, military, or commercial, force or
organization.
(c) The place in which one is permanently fixed for
residence or business; residence, including grounds,
furniture, equipage, etc.; with which one is fitted
out; also, any office or place of business, with its
fixtures; that which serves for the carrying on of a
business; as, to keep up a large establishment; a
manufacturing establishment.
[1913 Webster]

Exposing the shabby parts of the establishment.
--W. Irving.
[1913 Webster]

Establishment of the port (Hydrography), a datum on which
the tides are computed at the given port, obtained by
observation, viz., the interval between the moon's passage
over the meridian and the time of high water at the port,
on the days of new and full moon.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet establishment
n 1: the act of forming something; "the constitution of a PTA
group last year"; "it was the establishment of his
reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the
club" [syn: constitution, formation, organization,
organisation]
2: an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
[syn: institution]
3: the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up
a body for the purpose of administering something; "he
claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the
governance of an association is responsible to its
members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the
establishment" [syn: administration, governance, {governing
body}, brass, organization, organisation]
4: a public or private structure (business or governmental or
educational) including buildings and equipment for
business or residence
5: any large organization
6: (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes
established in a new habitat [syn: ecesis]
7: the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof [syn: validation]
Moby Dictionary
John Bull , Rasputin , Svengali , Uncle Sam , VIP , Washington ,
Whitehall , access , bad influence , baron , big gun , big man ,
big name , big wheel , bigwig , brass , brass hat , bureaucracy ,
celebrity , court , dignitary , dignity , directorate , elder ,
eminence grise , father , figure , five-percenter , friend at court ,
good influence , gray eminence , great man , heavyweight , hidden hand ,
hierarchy , higher echelons , higher-ups , important person ,
influence , influence peddler , influencer , ingroup , interests , key ,
kingmaker , lion , lobby , lobbyist , lords of creation , magnate ,
man of influence , man of mark , management , manipulator , ministry ,
mogul , nabob , name , notability , notable , officialdom , open sesame ,
panjandrum , person of renown , personage , personality ,
pillar of society , power , power elite , powers that be , prelacy ,
pressure group , ruling circle , ruling class , ruling classes ,
sachem , sinister influence , somebody , something , special interests ,
special-interest group , the Crown , the Establishment ,
the administration , the authorities , the government , the great ,
the ingroup , the interests , the people upstairs , the power elite ,
the power structure , the top , them , they , top brass , top people ,
tycoon , very important person , wheeler-dealer , wire-puller ,
worthy


Moby Dictionary
A , Old Guard , absolute indication , agency , alpha , anchorage ,
animal kingdom , architecture , aristocracy , ascertainment ,
assurance , atelier , barbershop , barons , beauty parlor , beauty shop ,
beginning , bench , blast-off , boutique , building , burden of proof ,
business , butcher shop , certification , chain of being , chain store ,
check , checking , class structure , co-op , collation , colonization ,
commencement , company , concern , concession , conclusive evidence ,
confirmation , constitution , construct , construction , cooperative ,
corporation , countinghouse , country store , cream , creation ,
cutting edge , damning evidence , dawn , deep-rootedness ,
deep-seatedness , demonstration , department store , desk ,
determination , dime store , discount house , discount store , domain ,
edge , edifice , effectuation , elite , embedment , emporium , ensuring ,
enterprise , entrenchment , erection , fabric , facility , firm ,
five-and-ten , fixation , fixedness , fixity , fixture , flying start ,
formation , foundation , founding , fresh start , general store ,
hierarchy , house , implantation , inauguration , inception ,
incontrovertible evidence , indisputable evidence , infixion ,
initiation , installation , installment , institute , institution ,
investiture , inveteracy , ironclad proof , jump-off , kick-off ,
kingdom , leading edge , lodgment , loft , lords of creation , magasin ,
mail-order house , market , mart , materialization , mineral kingdom ,
mooring , natural hierarchy , new departure , nobility , office ,
oncoming , onset , onus , onus probandi , opening , organization ,
origin , origination , outbreak , outfit , outset , overlapping ,
packaged house , parlor , pecking order , peopling , pile , plantation ,
population , post , power elite , power structure , prefab ,
prefabrication , proof , pyramid , realization , realm , reassurance ,
reassurement , retail store , ruling circles , ruling class ,
running start , salon , send-off , setting in motion , setting-up ,
settlement , settling , shop , skyscraper , square one , stabilization ,
start , start-off , starting point , store , structure , studio ,
substantiation , supermarket , superstructure , sure sign , sweatshop ,
take-off , the Church , the Establishment , the administration ,
the authorities , the best , the best people , the brass ,
the government , the power structure , top people , tower ,
trading post , unmistakable sign , upper class , upper crust ,
validation , variety shop , variety store , vegetable kingdom ,
verification , warehouse , wareroom , wholesale house , work site ,
work space , workbench , workhouse , working space , workplace ,
workroom , workshop , worktable


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