establishment

Pronunciation: /ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the act of forming or establishing something
  2. noun an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
  3. noun the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

constitution, formation, organization, organisation

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
beginning
Narrower (hyponyms)
federation, communization, unionization, collectivization, colonization

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