English noun: establishment | |||
1. | establishment (act) the act of forming or establishing something | ||
Samples | The constitution of a PTA group last year. It was the establishment of his reputation. He still remembers the organization of the club. | ||
Synonyms | constitution, formation, organisation, organization | ||
Broader (hypernym) | beginning, commencement, start | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | collectivisation, collectivization, colonisation, colonization, communisation, communization, federation, settlement, unionisation, unionization | ||
2. | establishment (group) an organization founded and united for a specific purpose | ||
Synonyms | institution | ||
Broader (hypernym) | organisation, organization | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | academy, charity, company, educational institution, faith, financial institution, financial organisation, financial organization, honorary society, issuer, medical institution, organized religion, religion, vicariate, vicarship | ||
3. | establishment (group) the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something | ||
Samples | He claims that the present administration is corrupt. The governance of an association is responsible to its members. He quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment. | ||
Synonyms | administration, brass, governance, governing body, organisation, organization | ||
Broader (hypernym) | body | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bench, county council, Curia, executive, government officials, judiciary, management, officialdom, top brass | ||
Part holonym | hierarchy, pecking order, power structure | ||
Part meronym | authorities, government, regime | ||
Member holonym | advisory board, planning board | ||
4. | establishment (artifact) a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence | ||
Broader (hypernym) | construction, structure | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | academy, business establishment, institution, perfumery, phrontistery, place of business, poorhouse, school system, university | ||
Domain category | business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise | ||
5. | establishment (group) any large organization | ||
Broader (hypernym) | organisation, organization | ||
6. | establishment (process) (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat | ||
Synonyms | ecesis | ||
Broader (hypernym) | action, activity, natural action, natural process | ||
Domain category | bionomics, ecology, environmental science | ||
7. | establishment (cognition) the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof | ||
Synonyms | validation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cogent evidence, proof | ||