establishment

noun

i-ˈsta-blish-mənt How to pronounce establishment (audio)
Definition of establishmentnext
1
as in place
a building, room, or suite of rooms occupied by a service business one of the best dining establishments in the city

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2
as in company
a commercial or industrial activity or organization new business establishments sprang up all over in the postwar boom

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as in institution
a public organization with a particular purpose or function the proposed change in pollution standards was opposed by environmental establishments across the board

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as in facility
a structure that is designed and built for a particular purpose the city boasts a host of outstanding medical establishments

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Recent Examples of establishment Even Macron’s current minister of education, Édouard Geffray, has admitted that at least some of his five children attend private establishments. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026 Today, historic establishments such as Camparino in Galleria, located inside the magnificent Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, continue to attract visitors for a traditional aperitivo. — Alessia Armenise, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026 Matsui, 82, is considered the democratic establishment candidate, while Vang, 41, is seen as a progressive upstart candidate. — Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Despite the uncertainty, much of the public health establishment is massing against social media. — Darius Tahir, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for establishment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for establishment
  1. place
  2. company
  3. institution
  4. facility
  5. firm
  6. institute
  7. house
  8. group
Noun
  • This collection of restaurants is designed to bring in locals and help revive the already emerging riverfront as a place to be in the city.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2026
  • This is a place to take a risk, to surrender, and at the very least, to experience something that can only happen for you in that moment — something altogether fleeting that is just yours.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of place
Noun
  • Martínez continues to lead the company alongside Luis Miguel Calvo, head of content at Gersh International.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
  • But even as the world's first trillionaire and India's second-richest businessman contest to provide internet to the remote areas of India, some experts are not convinced Jio Platforms has enough to be defined as a tech company.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of company
Noun
  • This year there are 339 exhibiting companies and institutions from 32 countries and territories, 17% more than last year.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The result is a country spending heavily to sustain its public institutions while struggling to deliver the services citizens expect and a political system increasingly consumed by conflict over how to fix them.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of institution
Noun
  • By supporting operations in locations where traditional port facilities may be unavailable, the SSC can help improve the flexibility of military logistics and deployment.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026
  • After strong public and state lawmaker pushback, the facility is still being built, but downsized.
    — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of facility
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  • The firm tends to operate in the midmarket on deals sized between $30 million and $300 million.
    — Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Yuriy Ryzhenkov is that rare individual—a chief executive who has led his firm of 33,700 people during a never-ending war.
    — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of firm
Noun
  • Last Energy, a commercial spinoff of Energy Impact Center, a clean energy institute based in Washington, DC, is building a pilot facility at Texas A&M RELLIS with a nuclear core that will also feature in its commercial-scale reactors.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
  • What illness, which the institute studies, has been the subject of speculation about her death?
    — New York Times, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of institute
Noun
  • The woman contacted her 72-year-old father, who came out of the house to remove Gonzalez.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The following day, investigators recovered the two Renoirs from a house in Clermont-l’Hérault, where they had been concealed behind a false wall constructed from bricks and plasterboard.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of house
Noun
  • Already, multiple House Republicans; key GOP candidates; and two bipartisan groups of senators have pushed back on the move.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Our ambition is to bring together creative and operational talent within a group that stays human in scale.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
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“Establishment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/establishment. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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