establishとは

発音

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/
• ハイフネーション: es‧tab‧lish

動詞

establish (三人称単数 現在形 establishes, 現在分詞 establishing, 過去形および過去分詞形 established)

1. (transitive) To make stable or firm; to confirm.
   • 2015 February 7, Val Bourne, “The quiet man of the world of snowdrops”, in The Daily Telegraph (London), page G8:

     Once it [a snowdrop variety] became established, some bulbs were lifted and passed on to be chipped (i.e. cut into small pieces かつ grown on).

2. (transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981:

     , Genesis 6:18

     But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

3. (transitive) To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
   • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 4, in A Cuckoo in the Nest‎^[1]:

     By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.

4. (transitive) To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate.

派生語

• established church
• establishing shot
• long-established
• re-establish

関連する語

• stable

参照

• establish in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• establish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913