The establishmentof an organization or system is the act of creating it or beginning it.
[formal]
His ideas influenced the establishment of National Portrait Galleries in London andEdinburgh. [+ of]
...discussions to explore the establishment of diplomatic relations.
Synonyms: creation, founding, setting up, foundation More Synonyms of establishment
2. countable noun
An establishment is a shop, business, or organization occupying a particular building or place.
[formal]
...a scientific research establishment.
...shops and other commercial establishments.
Synonyms: office, house, building, plant More Synonyms of establishment
3. singular noun
You refer to the people who have power and influence in the running of a country, society, or organization as theestablishment.
Shopkeepers would once have been pillars of the Tory establishment.
What do you expect? This is the Establishment we're taking on.
More Synonyms of establishment
establishment in British English
(ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt)
noun
1.
the act of establishing or state of being established
2.
a.
a business organization or other large institution
b.
the place where a business is carried on
3.
the staff and equipment of a commercial or other organization
4.
the approved size, composition, and equipment of a military unit, government department, business division, etc, as formally promulgated
5.
any large organization, institution, or system
6.
a household or place of residence
7.
a body of employees or servants
8. (modifier)
belonging to or characteristic of the Establishment; orthodox or conservative
the establishment view of history
Establishment in British English
(ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt)
noun
the Establishment
establishment in American English
(ɛˈstæblɪʃmənt; ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt)
noun
1.
an establishing or being established
2.
a thing established, as a business, military organization, household, etc.
Idioms:
the Establishment
COBUILD Collocations
establishment
educational establishment
the education establishment
the literary establishment
the medical establishment
the political establishment
the scientific establishment
Examples of 'establishment' in a sentence
establishment
There is a lot of mutual respect between the two that they are outsiders fighting the political establishment.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The bigger question, therefore, remains how the political establishment will react.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There were also complaints from America's diplomatic establishment.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He speaks not for an educational establishment too often bound by its own inertia, but for a generation of reformers whose work is bearing fruit.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In vote after vote, people have been rejecting the guidance of political establishments, baffling elites and adding to the sum of anger in the world.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The huge resistance to this idea in the educational establishment is a constant mystery to me.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This should be supported by the scientific establishment and vastly increased funding should be found for it.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
His main impediment is his surname and the sense that he is an establishment figure.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
People in these establishments have a duty to act responsibly rather than betraying the trust of parents.
The Sun (2011)
This is a notion that the political establishment and the army are afraid of.
Charles Glass The Tribes Triumphant (2006)
Not that this kind of research establishment was inevitably immune from police investigation or harassment.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
What is shocking is the denial of the political and business establishment.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Launching free schools has been controversial within the educational establishment.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
These observations pose a challenge to the scientific establishment.
The Sun (2006)
It shows the depth of the anger at the way the hardline establishment is treating people.
The Sun (2009)
The political and legal establishment is in denial.
The Sun (2006)
It is wilful blindness that lies behind the often sluggish reaction of the medical establishment to new research.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It is the second time in two months that the chef has had to a sell a country establishment.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The diplomatic establishments are not close.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He is an archetypal establishment figure.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The department's work led to the establishment of a system for storing and exchanging archaeological data.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
At times it appeared as if the entire British comedy establishment was in attendance.
John Fisher Tommy Cooper: Always Leave Them Laughing (2006)
For long passages it was hard to suppress stirrings of physical nausea at the complacency of the establishment and the power it wielded.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
All three members are part of the British establishment.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Something else quite painful: the way in which the business establishment failed to spot any problems.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I just hope that the political establishment and society in general sit up and take notice of his common sense.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The acquisition of valuable and extensive property, therefore, necessarily requires the establishment of civil government.
Henry, John F The Making of Neoclassical Economics (1990)
The next step could be the establishment of diplomatic relations between Washington and Pyongyang.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In other languages
establishment
British English: establishment NOUN
The establishment of an organization or system is the act of creating it or beginning it.
…the establishment of the regional government.
American English: establishment
Brazilian Portuguese: estabelecimento
Chinese: 建立
European Spanish: establecimiento
French: établissement
German: Etablierung
Italian: creazione
Japanese: 創立
Korean: 설립
European Portuguese: estabelecimento
Latin American Spanish: establecimiento
All related terms of 'establishment'
anti-Establishment
opposed to established authority
the Establishment
a group or class of people having institutional authority within a society, esp those who control the civil service, the government, the armed forces, and the Church: usually identified with a conservative outlook
war establishment
the full wartime complement of men, equipment , and vehicles of a military unit
establishment figure
Someone who is referred to as a figure of a particular kind is a person who is well-known and important in some way.
research establishment
an establishment or institution where research or investigation into a subject, topic , etc, can be conducted
educational establishment
An establishment is a shop , business, or organization occupying a particular building or place.
the education establishment
You refer to the people who have power and influence in the running of a country, society, or organization as the establishment .
the literary establishment
You refer to the people who have power and influence in the running of a country, society, or organization as the establishment .
the medical establishment
You refer to the people who have power and influence in the running of a country, society, or organization as the establishment .
the political establishment
You refer to the people who have power and influence in the running of a country, society , or organization as the establishment .
the scientific establishment
You refer to the people who have power and influence in the running of a country, society, or organization as the establishment .
re-establish
to establish (something) again
Chinese translation of 'establishment'
establishment
(ɪsˈtæblɪʃmənt)
n
(u) (frm)[of organization, company etc]建立 (jiànlì)