establishment
pronunciation
How to pronounce establishment in British English:
UK [ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt]
How to pronounce establishment in American English:
US [ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt]
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- Noun:
- the act of forming something
- an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
- the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- 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
- the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof
Word Origin
- establishment (n.)
- late 15c., "settled arrangement," also "income, property," from establish + -ment. Meaning "established church" is from 1731; Sense of "place of business" is from 1832. Meaning "social matrix of ruling people and institutions" is attested occasionally from 1923, consistently from 1955.
Example
- 1. Another experiment was the establishment of special economic zones .
- 2. The first amendment forbids any law respecting an establishment of religion .
- 3. It adds that parliament never formally debated the establishment of the dna database .
- 4. The establishment of milestones and consideration of possible constraints are major parts of planning .
- 5. All measures that implicitly pre-empt the establishment of political union are inconsistent and dangerous .