established

English

Etymology

See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɪˈstæb.lɪʃt/

• Audio(US):

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• Hyphenation:es‧tab‧lished

Verb

established

1. simplepastandpastparticipleofestablish

Adjective

established(comparativemoreestablished,superlativemostestablished)

1. Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
2. Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by astateas being official within that area.
   • 2009,Diarmaid MacCulloch,A History of Christianity,Penguin, published2010,page731:

     Anglicanism did manage to strengthen its position in the southern English American colonies after Charles II's restoration (even in cosmopolitan New York), gainingestablishedstatus in six out of the eventual thirteen.

3. Of any social or economic entity: part of theestablishment(“groups with socioeconomic power”).
4. (Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.

Synonyms

• estd.(abbreviation)
• (generally accepted and/or formally recognized):trite

Derived terms

• established church
• established order
• established suit
• long-established
• well-established

Translations

having been in existence for some time and generally accepted

• Bulgarian:установен(bg)(ustanoven)
• Danish:etableret,anerkendt
• German:etabliert(de)
• Hindi:कायम(hi)(kāyam)
• Hungarian:elfogadott(hu),bevett(hu)
• Italian:accreditato(it)
• Latin:fundātus
• Malay:mapan,mantap(ms)
• Maori:tūroa,taketake
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:etablert

  Nynorsk:etablert

• Romanian:stabilit(ro),consacrat(ro)
• Swedish:etablerad(sv)

defined, described

• Danish:vedtaget,fast(da),hævdvundet
• French:établi(fr)
• Galician:establecido
• Hungarian:meghatározott(hu),megállapított(hu)
• Italian:stabilito(it)
• Latin:ratus,statutus
• Portuguese:estabelecido(pt)
• Spanish:establecido(es)