establishment

B1 Topic:Places & Geography

US /ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #7970

Meanings

1

noun
A business or organization, or the place where it operates.

That restaurant is a fine establishment serving delicious food.
2

noun
The act of creating or setting something up.

Since the establishment of the company in 1984, it has grown worldwide.
3

noun
The powerful people or groups who control a society and resist change.

Young voters felt ignored by the political establishment.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 noun · the act of creating or... foundation

Opposites

abolitiondisestablishment

Word family

Forms establishments

Derived forms anti-establishmentantiestablishmentantiestablishmentarianismcoestablishmentcounterestablishmentdeestablishmentestablishmentarianestablishmentismnonestablishmentpreestablishmentre-establishmentreestablishment

Related forms antidisestablishmentarianism

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Phrases (1)

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mercantile establishment
a business premises where goods are sold

Adjective + noun

Simplified etymology

Establishment dates from late Middle English and goes back, with establish and the adjective stable meaning “firmly fixed,” to Latin stare, “to stand.”

Etymology

From Middle English *establishment, stablishment, stablisshement, from Old French establissement (Modern French établissement), from the verb establir. Equivalent to establish + -ment.

*establishment Middle English establissement Old French

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Topics

Places & Geography

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# establishment

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt/
**Frequency rank:** 7970

## Meanings
1. A business or organization, or the place where it operates.
2. The act of creating or setting something up.
3. The powerful people or groups who control a society and resist change.

## Examples
- That restaurant is a fine establishment serving delicious food.
- Since the establishment of the company in 1984, it has grown worldwide.
- Young voters felt ignored by the political establishment.

## Antonyms
- abolition
- disestablishment

## Derived Forms
- anti-establishment
- antiestablishment
- antiestablishmentarianism
- coestablishment
- counterestablishment
- deestablishment
- establishmentarian
- establishmentism
- nonestablishment
- preestablishment
- re-establishment
- reestablishment

## Related Forms
- antidisestablishmentarianism

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *establishment
- Root: establissement

## Etymology
From Middle English *establishment, stablishment, stablisshement, from Old French establissement (Modern French établissement), from the verb establir. Equivalent to establish + -ment.

## AI Etymology
Establishment comes from Middle English *establishment, stablishment, stablisshement, from Old French establissement (Modern French établissement), from the verb establir. Equivalent to establish + -ment. In current use, the main senses are “A business or organization, or the place where it operates” and “The act of creating or setting something up”.

## Topics
- Places & Geography

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