Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To make stable or firm; to confirm.

    feststellen, etablieren

    устана́вливатьustanávlivatʹ, установи́тьustanovítʹ

    встано́влюватиvstanóvljuvaty, встанови́тиvstanovýty

  2. (transitive)To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.

    eröffnen, gründen, niederlassen

    учрежда́тьučreždátʹ, учреди́тьučredítʹ, осно́выватьosnóvyvatʹ

    засно́вуватиzasnóvuvaty, заснува́тиzasnuváty, засно́вуватиzasnóvuvaty

    set up or found

  3. (transitive)To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.

    einsetzen

    назначитьnaznačitʹ

  4. (transitive)To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to demonstrate.

    to establish a fact

    to establish a pattern

    etablieren, begründen, festlegen

    показатьpokazatʹ, продемонстрироватьprodemonstrirovatʹ, установитьustanovitʹ

Examples

261 sentences
  1. Our ultimate goal is to establish world peace.

    Наша кінцева мета - мир в усьому світі.

    deUnser letztendliches Ziel ist die Errichtung des Weltfriedens.

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  2. I will establish myself as a lawyer.

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  3. We need to establish some ground rules.

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  4. They've run this small hotel since it was established.

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  5. The police could not establish the identity of the man.

    ruПолиция не смогла установить личность мужчины.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to make stable or firm; to confirm:
tto form; to set up in business:
Русский
By meaning 5
to make stable or firm; to confirm:
tto form; to set up in business:
to found; to institute:
to appoint, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain:
to prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to make stable or firm; to confirm:
tto form; to set up in business:
to appoint, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain:
to prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English establissen, from Old French establiss-, stem of some of the

Inherited from Middle English establissen, from Old French establiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of establir (modern French établir), from Latin stabiliō, stabilīre, from stabilis (“firm, steady, stable”).

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Forms

establishes, establishing, established, established
Base formestablish · to establish
3rd person singularestablishes
Present participleestablishing
Past simpleestablished
Past participleestablished

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyestablish
he, she, itestablishes

Past simpleLesson

all personsestablished

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave established
he, she, ithas established

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill establish

Synonyms

18 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

11 related words

See also

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