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Establishment

ɪˈstablɪʃm(ə)nt

Establishment definitions

noun

Inflections:

establishment establishments

the action of establishing something or being established

"the establishment of an independent government"

Synonyms:
setting up start getting going initiation institution formation founding foundation inception creation inauguration organization building construction installation
- a marriage
  
  "her chief solicitude was to procure an affluent establishment for their daughter"
a business organization, public institution, or household

"hotels or catering establishments"

Synonyms:
business place of business premises firm company concern enterprise venture organization operation undertaking industry institution place premises foundation institute
a group in a society exercising power and influence over matters of policy, opinion, or taste, and seen as resisting change

"he scandalized the Establishment of his day"

Synonyms:
the powers that be the authorities the system the ruling class the regime bureaucracy officialdom
- an influential group within a specified profession or area of activity
  
  "rumblings of discontent among the medical establishment"
the ecclesiastical system organized by law
- the Church of England or of Scotland