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to start having a relationship with, or communicating with another person, company, country, or organization: There is a strong need to establish effective communication links between staff, parents, pupils, and external bodies. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
to start having a relationship with, or communicating with another person, company, country, or organization: There is a need to establish effective communication links between staff, parents, pupils, and external bodies. He had difficulty establishing close relationships with anyone. More examples.
1. : to institute (something, such as a law) permanently by enactment or agreement. 2. obsolete : settle sense 7. 3. a. : to make firm or stable. b. : to introduce and cause to grow and multiply. establish grass on pasturelands. 4. a. : to bring into existence : found. established a republic. b. : bring about, effect. established friendly relations
verb. to make secure or permanent in a certain place, condition, job, etc. to establish one's usefulness. to establish a house. to create or set up (an organization, etc) on or as if on a permanent basis. to establish a company. to prove correct or free from doubt; validate. to establish a fact.
Other forms: established; establishing; establishes. To establish something means to begin it or bring it about. If you want everyone in your family to bring you chocolate every evening, you can establish a “Chocolates for Me” policy requiring it.
[VERB noun] 3. verb. If you establish that something is true, you discover facts that show that it is definitely true. [formal] Medical tests established that she was not their own child. [VERB that] It will be essential to establish how the money is being spent. [VERB wh] An autopsy was being done to establish the cause of death. [VERB noun]
1. to make secure or permanent in a certain place, condition, job, etc: to establish one's usefulness; to establish a house. 2. to create or set up (an organization, etc) on or as if on a permanent basis: to establish a company. 3. to prove correct or free from doubt; validate: to establish a fact.
