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Adjective established has 6 senses
- established, constituted - brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established; "the established social order"; "distrust the constituted authority"; "a team established as a member of a major league"; "enjoyed his prestige as an established writer"; "an established precedent"; "the established Church"
Antonyms: unestablished, unrecognized, unrecognised
- established, firm - securely established; "an established reputation"; "holds a firm position as the country's leading poet"
Antonyms: insecure, unsafe (indirect, via secure)
- accomplished, effected, established - settled securely and unconditionally; "that smoking causes health problems is an accomplished fact"
Antonym: unsettled (indirect, via settled)
- established - shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt; "the established facts in the case"
Antonyms: unproved, unproven (indirect, via proved)
- conventional, established - conforming with accepted standards; "a conventional view of the world"
Antonym: unorthodox (indirect, via orthodox)
- established, naturalized - introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation
Antonym: native (indirect, via foreign)
Verb establish has 8 senses
- establish, set up, found, launch - set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"
--1 is one way to open, open up
Antonyms: abolish, get rid of
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- establish, found, plant, constitute, institute - set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"
--2 is one way to initiate, pioneer
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- prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew - establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"
--3 is one way to confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
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- lay down, establish, make - institute, enact, or establish; "make laws"
--4 is one way to make, create
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- establish, give - bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"
--5 is one way to make, create
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- install, instal, set up, establish - place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"
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- establish, base, ground, found - use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"
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- build, establish - build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation"
--8 is one way to make, create
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