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/ɪstˈæblɪʃmənt/ /istˈæblɪʃmənt/ Listen

Establishment

noun

The act of forming or establishing something. Synonyms: constitution, formation, organisation, organization. "It was the establishment of his reputation" , "He still remembers the organization of the club"

An organization founded and united for a specific purpose. Synonym: institution.

The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something. Synonyms: administration, brass, governance, governing body, organisation, organization. "The governance of an association is responsible to its members" , "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. Synonym: ecesis.

The cognitive process of establishing a valid proof. Synonym: validation.

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"Establishment" Quotes from Famous Books

... the seventh century the celebration of the feast of the assumption had spread throughout the whole church. This universal establishment of the feast implies a preceding history of considerable length, going well back into the past. The feast was kept in many places, and under a variety of names which seem to imply, not mere copying, but ...

— Our Lady Saint Mary • J. G. H. Barry

... presented the University of Oxford with the continuation of his History, and such other of his Lordship's manuscripts as had not been published, on condition that the profits arising from their publication should be applied to the establishment of a Mange in the University. The gift was accepted in full convocation. A person being now recommended to Dr. Johnson, as fit to superintend this proposed riding-school, he exerted himself with that zeal for which he was remarkable upon every similar occasion[1252]. But, on enquiry into ...

— Life Of Johnson, Vol. 2 • Boswell

... mistress and of late years to Herbert, and known by all manner of affectionate sobriquets to the young ladies. Sometimes they would call her Johnny, and sometimes the Duchess; but doubtless they and Mrs. Jones thoroughly understood each other. By the whole establishment Mrs. Jones was held in great respect, and by the younger portion in extreme awe. Her breakfast and tea she had in a little sitting-room by herself; but the solitude of this was too tremendous for her to endure ...

— Castle Richmond • Anthony Trollope

... obtained fresh force about four years before this history begins, when Minoret, after selling his inn, built stables and a splendid dwelling, and removed the post-house from the Grand'Rue to the wharf. The new establishment cost two hundred thousand francs, which the gossip of thirty miles in circumference more than doubled. The Nemours mail-coach service requires a large number of horses. It goes to Fontainebleau on the road to Paris, ...

— Ursula • Honore de Balzac

... and instruction as our own. The writer feels grateful to the press, in general, for the kindly spirit in which it has spoken of the attempt, in this series, to interest the popular reader in those remarkable incidents which have led to the establishment of ...

— Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi - American Pioneers and Patriots • John S. C. Abbott

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