Question 1 · Quick check
establish
CEFRB1
/ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/
verb
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In plain English
- 01
verb
To start, create, or prove something firmly.
- 02
verb
Extra detailTo appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
Examples
Our ultimate goal is to establish world peace.
The question of how to establish the optimal formula is still open.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 3
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningsTo form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
To make stable or firm; to confirm.
To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to demonstrate.
More examples
In contextto establish a fact to establish a pattern
But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
Once it [a snowdrop variety] became established, some bulbs were lifted and passed on to be chipped (i.e. cut into small pieces and grown on).
Quick test
Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.
Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.
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Origin
verb
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”).