Establishment - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt|  American pronunciation of the word establishment
Brit.  |ɪˈstæblɪʃm(ə)nt|  British pronunciation of the word establishment

noun

- the act of forming or establishing something (syn: constitution, formation, organization)
it was the establishment of his reputation
- an organization founded and united for a specific purpose (syn: institution)
- the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something (syn: administration, brass, governance, organization)
he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment
- a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence
- any large organization
- (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat
- the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof (syn: validation)

Extra examples

His novels were disliked by the literary establishment.

Shops and other commercial establishments remain closed today.

The establishment of the regional government did not end terrorism.

Shopkeepers would once have been pillars of the Tory establishment.

Commercial establishments remain closed today.

He was nothing but a spineless lackey of the establishment.

He rejected the orthodoxies of the scientific establishment.

The defeat of the army was followed by the establishment of constitutional government.

Young people are supposed to rebel against the Establishment.

The public is treated with contempt by the art establishment.

Darwin's theory rocked the scientific establishment to its foundations.

The medical establishment is taking healing increasingly seriously.

His business tactics outraged the stiffs of the UK establishment.

Word forms

noun
singular: establishment
plural: establishments
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