establish
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/
establish (establishes, present participle establishing; past and past participle established)
- (transitive) To make stable or firm; to confirm.
- (transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗:, Book of Genesis 6:18
- But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
- (transitive) To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
- (transitive) To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate.
- French: affermir
- German: feststellen, etablieren
- Italian: stabilire
- Portuguese: firmar
- Russian: устана́вливать
- Spanish: establecer
- German: eröffnen, gründen, niederlassen, herstellen
- Italian: instaurare
- Portuguese: estabelecer
- Russian: учрежда́ть
- Spanish: establecer, instaurar
- French: établir
- German: eröffnen, gründen, niederlassen
- Italian: fondare, istituire
- Portuguese: estabelecer, fundar
- Russian: осно́вывать
- Spanish: establecer, instaurar
- German: etablieren, begründen, festlegen, festsetzen
- Portuguese: estabelecer
- Russian: показать
- Spanish: establecer
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