establish

Other forms of establish

past tense

established·

present participle

establishing·

third person

establishes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about establish

What does establish mean?

establish means "set up or found". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in establish?

establish has 3 syllables: e-stab-lish. The stress falls on "stab". In IPA it is /ɪˈstæblɪʃ/.

What is another word for establish?

Close synonyms include set up, found, launch, found, plant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of establish?

The recorded antonyms are abolish.

Is establish a common word?

establish is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with establish?

1 word rhymes with establish. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.