establish
verb
uk
/ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/ us
/ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/establish verb (START)
The brewery was established in 1822.
- startI always wanted to start my own business.
- start (something) up It is more attractive to start up a new enterprise than to invest in existing firms.
- set something upWe plan on setting up a new manufacturing company at the beginning of next fiscal year.
- set up shopAfter retiring, he set up shop repairing classic cars.
C1 [ T ]
to start having a relationship with, or communicating with another person, company, country, or organization:
There is a need to establish effective communication links between staff, parents, pupils, and external bodies.
He had difficulty establishing close relationships with anyone.
- When the college was established in 1546, it inherited a hall from each of three antecedent institutions.
- The two brothers established a clothes retailing business.
- An international medical conference was established for the interchange of new ideas and approaches.
- An aid programme was established to oil the wheels of economic reform in the region.
- Grants will be given to establish centres of excellence in this field of research.
establish verb (MAKE FAMILIAR)
His reputation for carelessness was established long before the latest problems arose.
establish yourself as something He's established himself as a dependable source of information.
establish yourself C1 formal
It can't have been easy to establish yourselves in such a competitive market.
- Once she became a prosecutor, she quickly established herself as a masterful trial lawyer.
- World Music is now well established and popular with mass audiences and mainstream companies.
- They preach the abolition of established systems but propose nothing to replace them.
- Recent evidence has tended to contradict established theories on this subject.
establish verb (DISCOVER)
- The prosecution has to establish his guilt beyond (reasonable) doubt/ beyond a (reasonable) doubt.
- It's often difficult to establish who the guilty party is following a road accident.
- The police are still trying to establish the cause of the fire.
- There are tests which can establish a baby's genetic endowment.
- Scientists have established the relationship between lung cancer and smoking.
- acid test
- actions speak louder than words idiom
- age verification
- anecdotal evidence
- anti-sexist
- demolish
- demolition
- demonstrability
- demonstrable
- demonstrably
- living proof
- make something stick idiom
- missing link
- nail a lie idiom
- non-documentary
- unfalsifiable
- unprovable
- unsubstantiated
- untestable
- verification
