What's The Definition Of Establishment?
[n] the act of forming something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation,"; "he still remembers the organization of the club"
[n] a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence
[n] the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof
[n] an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
[n] any large organization
[n] 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"
[n] (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat
Synonyms | Synonyms for Establishment: administration |
brass |
constitution |
ecesis |
formation |
governance |
governing body |
institution |
organisation |
organization |
validation
Related Terms | Find terms related to Establishment: A |
absolute indication |
access |
agency |
alpha |
anchorage |
animal kingdom |
architecture |
aristocracy |
ascertainment |
assurance |
atelier |
bad influence |
barbershop |
baron |
barons |
beauty parlor |
beauty shop |
beginning |
bench |
big gun |
big man |
big name |
big wheel |
bigwig |
blast-off |
boutique |
brass |
brass hat |
building |
burden of proof |
bureaucracy |
business |
butcher shop |
celebrity |
certification |
chain of being |
chain store |
check |
checking |
class structure |
collation |
colonization |
commencement |
company |
concern |
concession |
conclusive evidence |
confirmation |
constitution |
construct |
construction |
co-op |
cooperative |
corporation |
countinghouse |
country store |
court |
cream |
creation |
cutting edge |
damning evidence |
dawn |
deep-rootedness |
deep-seatedness |
demonstration |
department store |
desk |
determination |
dignitary |
dignity |
dime store |
directorate |
discount house |
discount store |
domain |
edge |
edifice |
effectuation |
elder |
elite |
embedment |
eminence grise |
emporium |
ensuring |
enterprise |
entrenchment |
erection |
fabric |
facility |
father |
figure |
firm |
five-and-ten |
five-percenter |
fixation |
fixedness |
fixity |
fixture |
flying start |
formation |
foundation |
founding |
fresh start |
friend at court |
general store |
good influence |
gray eminence |
great man |
heavyweight |
hidden hand |
hierarchy |
higher echelons |
higher-ups |
house |
implantation |
important person |
inauguration |
inception |
incontrovertible evidence |
indisputable evidence |
infixion |
influence |
influence peddler |
influencer |
ingroup |
initiation |
installation |
installment |
institute |
institution |
interests |
investiture |
inveteracy |
ironclad proof |
John Bull |
jump-off |
key |
kick-off |
kingdom |
kingmaker |
leading edge |
lion |
lobby |
lobbyist |
lodgment |
loft |
lords of creation |
magasin |
magnate |
mail-order house |
man of influence |
man of mark |
management |
manipulator |
market |
mart |
materialization |
mineral kingdom |
ministry |
mogul |
mooring |
nabob |
name |
natural hierarchy |
new departure |
nobility |
notability |
notable |
office |
officialdom |
Old Guard |
oncoming |
onset |
onus |
onus probandi |
open sesame |
opening |
organization |
origin |
origination |
outbreak |
outfit |
outset |
overlapping |
packaged house |
panjandrum |
parlor |
pecking order |
peopling |
person of renown |
personage |
personality |
pile |
pillar of society |
plantation |
population |
post |
power |
power elite |
power structure |
powers that be |
prefab |
prefabrication |
prelacy |
pressure group |
proof |
pyramid |
Rasputin |
realization |
realm |
reassurance |
reassurement |
retail store |
ruling circle |
ruling circles |
ruling class |
ruling classes |
running start |
sachem |
salon |
send-off |
setting in motion |
setting-up |
settlement |
settling |
shop |
sinister influence |
skyscraper |
somebody |
something |
special interests |
special-interest group |
square one |
stabilization |
start |
starting point |
start-off |
store |
structure |
studio |
substantiation |
supermarket |
superstructure |
sure sign |
Svengali |
sweatshop |
take-off |
the administration |
the authorities |
the best |
the best people |
the brass |
the Church |
the Crown |
the Establishment |
the government |
the great |
the ingroup |
the interests |
the people upstairs |
the power elite |
the power structure |
the top |
them |
they |
top brass |
top people |
tower |
trading post |
tycoon |
Uncle Sam |
unmistakable sign |
upper class |
upper crust |
validation |
variety shop |
variety store |
vegetable kingdom |
verification |
very important person |
VIP |
warehouse |
wareroom |
Washington |
wheeler-dealer |
Whitehall |
wholesale house |
wire-puller |
work site |
work space |
workbench |
workhouse |
working space |
workplace |
workroom |
workshop |
worktable |
worthy
See Also | academy |
academy |
action |
activity |
advisory board |
authorities |
beginning |
bench |
body |
business establishment |
charity |
cogent evidence |
collectivisation |
collectivization |
colonisation |
colonization |
commencement |
communisation |
communization |
company |
construction |
county council |
educational institution |
executive |
faith |
federation |
financial institution |
financial organisation |
financial organization |
government |
government officials |
hierarchy |
honorary society |
institution |
issuer |
judiciary |
management |
medical institution |
natural action |
natural process |
officialdom |
organisation |
organization |
pecking order |
perfumery |
phrontistery |
place of business |
planning board |
poorhouse |
power structure |
proof |
regime |
religion |
school system |
settlement |
start |
structure |
top brass |
unionisation |
unionization |
university |
vicariate |
vicarship
Establishment In Webster's Dictionary
\Es*tab"lish*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. establissement, F.
['e]tablissement.]
1. The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining;
settlement; confirmation.
2. The state of being established, founded, and the like;
fixed state.
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.
Exposing the shabby parts of the establishment.
--W. Irving.
{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.
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