'Establishment' definitions:
Definition of 'establishment'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of forming or establishing something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club" [syn: constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation]
noun
An organization founded and united for a specific purpose [syn: institution, establishment]
noun
The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment" [syn: administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation]
noun
A public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence
noun
Any large organization
noun
(ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat [syn: establishment, ecesis]
noun
The cognitive process of establishing a valid proof [syn: establishment, validation]
Definition of 'Establishment'
From: GCIDE
- Establishment \Es*tab"lish*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. establissement, F. ['e]tablissement.]
- 1. The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being established, founded, and the like; fixed state. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which is established; as: (a) A form of government, civil or ecclesiastical; especially, a system of religion maintained by the civil power; as, the Episcopal establishment of England. (b) A permanent civil, military, or commercial, force or organization. (c) The place in which one is permanently fixed for residence or business; residence, including grounds, furniture, equipage, etc.; with which one is fitted out; also, any office or place of business, with its fixtures; that which serves for the carrying on of a business; as, to keep up a large establishment; a manufacturing establishment. [1913 Webster]
- Exposing the shabby parts of the establishment. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
- Establishment of the port (Hydrography), a datum on which the tides are computed at the given port, obtained by observation, viz., the interval between the moon's passage over the meridian and the time of high water at the port, on the days of new and full moon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'establishment'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- A,
- absolute indication,
- agency,
- alpha,
- anchorage,
- animal kingdom,
- architecture,
- aristocracy,
- ascertainment,
- assurance,
- atelier,
- barbershop,
- barons,
- beauty parlor,
- beauty shop,
- beginning,
- bench,
- blast-off,
- boutique,
- building,
- burden of proof,
- business,
- butcher shop,
- certification,
- chain of being,
- chain store,
- check,
- checking,
- class structure,
- co-op,
- collation,
- colonization,
- commencement,
- company,
- concern,
- concession,
- conclusive evidence,
- confirmation,
- constitution,
- construct,
- construction,
- cooperative,
- corporation,
- countinghouse,
- country store,
- cream,
- creation,
- cutting edge,
- damning evidence,
- dawn,
- deep-rootedness,
- deep-seatedness,
- demonstration,
- department store,
- desk,
- determination,
- dime store,
- discount house,
- discount store,
- domain,
- edge,
- edifice,
- effectuation,
- elite,
- embedment,
- emporium,
- ensuring,
- enterprise,
- entrenchment,
- erection,
- fabric,
- facility,
- firm,
- five-and-ten,
- fixation,
- fixedness,
- fixity,
- fixture,
- flying start,
- formation,
- foundation,
- founding,
- fresh start,
- general store,
- hierarchy,
- house,
- implantation,
- inauguration,
- inception,
- incontrovertible evidence,
- indisputable evidence,
- infixion,
- initiation,
- installation,
- installment,
- institute,
- institution,
- investiture,
- inveteracy,
- ironclad proof,
- jump-off,
- kick-off,
- kingdom,
- leading edge,
- lodgment,
- loft,
- lords of creation,
- magasin,
- mail-order house,
- market,
- mart,
- materialization,
- mineral kingdom,
- mooring,
- natural hierarchy,
- new departure,
- nobility,
- office,
- Old Guard,
- oncoming,
- onset,
- onus,
- onus probandi,
- opening,
- organization,
- origin,
- origination,
- outbreak,
- outfit,
- outset,
- overlapping,
- packaged house,
- parlor,
- pecking order,
- peopling,
- pile,
- plantation,
- population,
- post,
- power elite,
- power structure,
- prefab,
- prefabrication,
- proof,
- pyramid,
- realization,
- realm,
- reassurance,
- reassurement,
- retail store,
- ruling circles,
- ruling class,
- running start,
- salon,
- send-off,
- setting in motion,
- setting-up,
- settlement,
- settling,
- shop,
- skyscraper,
- square one,
- stabilization,
- start,
- start-off,
- starting point,
- store,
- structure,
- studio,
- substantiation,
- supermarket,
- superstructure,
- sure sign,
- sweatshop,
- take-off,
- the administration,
- the authorities,
- the best,
- the best people,
- the brass,
- the Church,
- the Establishment,
- the government,
- the power structure,
- top people,
- tower,
- trading post,
- unmistakable sign,
- upper class,
- upper crust,
- validation,
- variety shop,
- variety store,
- vegetable kingdom,
- verification,
- warehouse,
- wareroom,
- wholesale house,
- work site,
- work space,
- workbench,
- workhouse,
- working space,
- workplace,
- workroom,
- workshop,
- worktable