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   establishment

   /ɪˈstablɪʃm(ə)nt/

   noun

   • 1. the action of establishing something or being established: "the establishment of an independent government" Similar setting upstartgetting goinginitiationinstitutionformationfoundingfoundationinceptioncreationinaugurationorganizationbuildingconstructioninstallationOpposite disbandmentdemolition
   • ▪ a marriage: archaic "her chief solicitude was to procure an affluent establishment for their daughter"
   • 2. a business organization, public institution, or household: "hotels or catering establishments" Similar businessplace of businesspremisesfirmcompanyconcernenterpriseventureorganizationoperationundertakingindustryfactoryplanthouseshopstoreemporiumofficebureauagencyfranchisepracticepartnershipconsortiumcooperativecorporationconglomerategroupcombinesyndicateinformal:outfitset-upinstitutionplacepremisesfoundationinstitute
   • 3. a group in a society exercising power and influence over matters of policy, opinion, or taste, and seen as resisting change: "he scandalized the Establishment of his day" Similar the powers that bethe authoritiesthe systemthe ruling classthe regimebureaucracyofficialdomthe status quothe prevailing political/social orderinformal:Big Brotherarchaic:the regimen
   • ▪ an influential group within a specified profession or area of activity: "rumblings of discontent among the medical establishment"
   • 4. the ecclesiastical system organized by law.
   • ▪ the Church of England or of Scotland.

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   ESTABLISHMENT definition: 1. a business or other organization, or the place where an organization operates: 2. the important…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of ESTABLISHMENT is something established. How to use establishment in a sentence. something established: such as; a settled arrangement; especially : a code of laws; established church…

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   Establishment means setting up or something that has been set up. In the 1960s, the youth movement took on what they called "the establishment ," by which they meant the way society was set up and organized.

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   You refer to the people who have power and influence in the running of a country, society, or organization as the establishment or the Establishment. Shopkeepers would once have been pillars of the Tory establishment.

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   something established; a constituted order or system. Often the Establishment. the existing power structure in society; the dominant groups in society and their customs or institutions; institutional authority: The Establishment believes exploring outer space is worth any tax money spent.

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   ESTABLISHMENT meaning: 1 : a place or organization where people live or do business; 2 : the act of establishing something or someone: such as.

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   establishment meaning, definition, what is establishment: an organization or institution, especial...: Learn more.

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    the process of starting an organization, school, business, etc: the establishment of a new national bank. the Establishment. the people and organizations that have most power and influence in a country. the legal/medical, etc establishment.

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    establishment. ( ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt) n. 1. the act of establishing or state of being established. 2. a. a business organization or other large institution.