Meaning of establishment | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act or process of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
   countable, uncountable
2. Any particular establishment (ruling class) that is construed as the sole one within a given context (such as a specific country).
3. The act or process of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation
4. The state of being established, founded, etc.; fixed state.
   countable, uncountable
5. The state of being established, founded, etc.; fixed state
6. settled or accepted. established customs. gevestigde ثابِت، مُعْتَرَف بِه установен estabelecido vžitý bestehend etableret; accepteret καθιερωμένοςestablecido kindlakskujunenud پایدار؛ رسمی vakiintunut établiמבוסס स्वीकृत, स्थापित ustanovljen elfogadott mapan fastur; traustur; sem hefð er fyrir stabilito 確立された 확립된, 인정된 nusistovėjęs, įsišaknijęs iesakņojies; vispāratzīts diterima pakai gevestigdfastslått, anerkjent ustalony میشتول estabelecido consacrat укоренившийся vžitý uveljavljen proveren...
7. That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence
8. the people and institutions that control power or are dominant in a society and stick to traditions; one of these institutions. The hippies rebelled against the Establishment; the political/literary establishment. Instelling النِّظام (السّائِد) изнситуции poder estabelecido vládnoucí třída das Establishment det etablerede samfund το κατεστημένο el sistema ladvik, ülemkiht دستگاه دولت و سردمداران yhteiskunnallinen järjestelmä establishmentממסד सत्ता krugovi koji imaju vlast, visoko društvo ura...
9. The ruling class or authority group in a society; especially, an entrenched authority dedicated to preserving the status quo.
   countable, uncountable
10. The ruling class or authority group in a society; especially, an entrenched authority dedicated to preserving the status quo
11. The act of establishing.
12. The number of staff required to run a department or organisation (often used in the context of healthcare and other public services).
    countable, uncountable
13. The number of staff required to run a department or organisation (often used in the context of healthcare and other public services)
14. Something established, as:a. An arranged order or system, especially a legal code.
15. The institution and official status of a church as a state church, especially that of the Church of England and historically of Ireland.
    countable, uncountable
16. often Establishment An established social order, as:a. A group of people holding most of the power and influence in a government or society. Often used with the.
17. the act of establishing or state of being established
18. a business organization or other large institution
19. the staff and equipment of a commercial or other organization
20. (Military) the approved size, composition, and equipment of a military unit, government department, business division, etc, as formally promulgated
21. any large organization, institution, or system

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Examples

“Since their establishment of the company in 1984, they have grown into a global business.”

“The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.”

“The firm celebrated twenty years since their establishment by updating their look.”

“Pedro's is a fine establishment serving a variety of delicious food.”

“exposing the shabby parts of the establishment”

“It was clear that they viewed the British establishment as qualitatively different from the French establishment.”

“It's often necessary to question the establishment to get things done.”

“But there is also real opposition to Nato expansion - and even to Nato's continued existence after the Cold War. This is a view shared by a very large part of Russia's military and foreign affairs establishment.”

“Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.”

“The verdict means more upheaval for Thailand’s already turbulent political landscape, in which those pushing for change have frequently run afoul of the establishment – a small but powerful clique of military, royalist and business elites.”

“This story of how American originality lost its way is arresting and well told. On an alternate timeline without Donald Trump in office dismantling the American scientific establishment and Elon Musk kneecapping the American state, it might have been the manifesto of a new politics.”

“The cancer department has an establishment of 10 doctors and 30 nurses.”

“Not all Anglicans have supported establishment.”

“By the late 1780s, it was clear that many French had had it with the Establishment.”

“Maybe there was a time when readers would sit still for sober, dull opinion pieces — history’s most boring headline, “Worthwhile Canadian Initiative,” was the title of a Times op-ed — because they were seen as representing the views of The Establishment. And I have the feeling that Times management still thinks it’s living in that world. But in today’s wide-open information (and misinformation) environment, boring writing just vanishes without a trace.”

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