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Definition of Establishment
1. Noun. The act of forming or establishing something. "He still remembers the organization of the club"
Generic synonyms: Beginning, Commencement, Start
Specialized synonyms: Unionisation, Unionization, Collectivisation, Collectivization, Communisation, Communization, Federation, Colonisation, Colonization, Settlement
Derivative terms: Constitute, Establish, Establish, Form, Form, Organise, Organise, Organise, Organize, Organize, Organize, Organize, Organize
2. Noun. An organization founded and united for a specific purpose.
Generic synonyms: Organisation, Organization
Specialized synonyms: Medical Institution, Financial Institution, Financial Organisation, Financial Organization, Issuer, Charity, Company, Faith, Organized Religion, Religion, Vicariate, Vicarship, Educational Institution, Academy, Honorary Society
Derivative terms: Institutional, Institutional
3. Noun. The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something. "He quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"
Generic synonyms: Body
Group relationships: Authorities, Government, Regime
Specialized synonyms: Curia, Top Brass, Executive, Bench, Judiciary, County Council, Government Officials, Officialdom, Management
Terms within: Hierarchy, Pecking Order, Power Structure
Member holonyms: Advisory Board, Planning Board
Derivative terms: Administer, Organise, Organise, Organise, Organize, Organize, Organize, Organize
4. Noun. A public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence.
Specialized synonyms: Academy, Institution, Perfumery, Phrontistery, Business Establishment, Place Of Business, Poorhouse, School System, University
Generic synonyms: Construction, Structure
5. Noun. Any large organization.
6. Noun. (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat.
Category relationships: Bionomics, Ecology, Environmental Science
Generic synonyms: Action, Activity, Natural Action, Natural Process
7. Noun. The cognitive process of establishing a valid proof.
Generic synonyms: Cogent Evidence, Proof
Derivative terms: Establish, Validate, Validate
Definition of Establishment
1. n. The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
Definition of Establishment
1. Noun. The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation. ¹
2. Noun. The state of being established, founded, etc.; fixed state. ¹
3. Noun. 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. ¹
4. Noun. (slang) '''The establishment''': the ruling class or authority group in a society; especially, an entrenched authority dedicated to preserving the status quo. Sometimes capitalized: the Establishment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Establishment
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Establishment
Literary usage of Establishment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by United States (1918)
"In issuing this bulletin the Federal Board for Vocational Education hopes not
only to stimulate interest in the establishment of retail selling courses in ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1901)
"CHAPTER XX The Motives, Progress, and Effects of the Conversion of Constantine —Legal
Establishment and Constitution of the Christian or Catholic Church THE ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"... do all he can to assist the expedition, and expressing the hope that one result
will be the establishment of a bacteriological laboratory in the colony. ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"A permanent pension of 300/. per annum on the Irish establishment (subsequently
doubled) was granted to Jephson, and he retained iiis office of master of ..."
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