establishment
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
establishments
plural
establishments
Britannica Dictionary definition of ESTABLISHMENT
1
[count]
:
a place or organization where people live or do business
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a dry-cleaning establishment
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a business establishment
2
[noncount]
:
the act of establishing something or someone: such as
a
:
the act of starting something that will last for a long time
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the establishment of a business/school/church/settlement
b
:
the act of causing something or someone to be widely known and accepted
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the establishment of a scientific fact
3
a
[singular]
often disapproving
or
Establishment
:
the people in business, government, etc., who have power over the other people in a society
— usually used with the
-
She dislikes establishment types.
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an antiestablishment campaign
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We spent our youth rebelling against the Establishment.
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He accepted a boring job and became a member of the Establishment.
b
the establishment
:
the part of a particular group that has power or control
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His novels were disliked by the literary establishment.
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the medical establishment
