2 meanings
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1 —as in:
establish a positive tone
Definition
create, start, or set in [a] place- Which word choice best maintains the tone established in the first paragraph?
established = created
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- She got a job with an established firm.
- Which word choice would help to establish a serious tone.
- Established in 1636, Harvard is the oldest college in the United States.
- The rule is so well-established, it is no longer open to reasonable legal dispute.
- As used in line 24, "rule" most nearly refers to an "established habit."
- We want to establish our company as a leader in the industry.
- The process by which this happens is now well established.
- "Old established firm," he volunteered.Agatha Christie -- And Then There Were None
- Salem had been established hardly forty years before.Arthur Miller -- The Crucible
established = set with a good reputation
establish = create
established = started
established = existing firmly
established = existing
establish = set in reputation
established = long-existing
established = long-existing
established = founded (started)
2 —as in:
establish that there is a need
Definition
show or determine (cause to be recognized or figure out)- The passage is primarily about establishing the relationship between the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and global temperature.
establishing = showing or demonstrating
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- The sixth paragraph (lines 67-68) is primarily concerned with establishing the contrast between men and masculine traits.
- Since we previously established that she was at work on Monday morning, we can eliminate her as a suspect.
- Can you establish her location on Monday morning?
- It is established, I think, that there is a possibility of such a thing as I have outlined occurring.Agatha Christie -- And Then There Were None
- This is one of the many examples of the men missing in action erroneously reported and later being established as a lie....Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken - adapted for young adults
- And at once this possibility became an established certainty: John had refused to come because he didn't like her.Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World
- For how could you establish even the most obvious fact when there existed no record outside your own memory?George Orwell -- 1984
- At any rate, having firmly established that either approach might be the right one, the author proceeded to his second meditation: "Of Sadness."Amor Towles -- A Gentleman in Moscow
- I've asked my brothers, aunts, uncles and cousins, but I have not been able to definitively establish a timeline, and have therefore relied on my own memories.Tara Westover -- Educated
establishing = showing or demonstrating
established = determined (figured out)
establish = determine (figure out)
established = known or proven
established = shown
established = proven
establish = prove
established = demonstrated
establish = determine (figure out)