established

Meanings

Verb

• set up or found
• set up or lay the groundwork for
• establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
• institute, enact, or establish
• bring about
• place
• build or establish something abstract
• use as a basis for; found on
• simple past and past participle of establish

Adjective

• brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established
  • "the established social order"
  • "a team established as a member of a major league"
  • "enjoyed his prestige as an established writer"
  • "an established precedent"
  • "the established Church"

Adjective Satellite

• settled securely and unconditionally
• conforming with accepted standards
• shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt
  • "the established facts in the case"
• introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation

Adj

• Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
• Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
• Of any social or economic entity: part of the establishment (“groups with socioeconomic power”).
• Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.

Synonyms

accomplished, base, build, constitute, constituted, conventional, demonstrate, effected, establish, estd., found, give, ground, instal, install, institute, launch, lay down, make, naturalized, plant, prove, set up, shew, show, trite

Antonyms

abolish, disprove, unestablished

Anagrams of established