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ESTABLISHED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation
Synonyms:
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foreign; strange (relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established
Example:
the established Church
Synonyms:
constituted; established
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deep-rooted; deep-seated; implanted; ingrained; planted ((used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held)
entrenched (established firmly and securely)
grooved; well-grooved (established as if settled into a groove or rut)
legitimate (in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles)
official ((of a church) given official status as a national or state institution)
recognised; recognized (provided with a secure reputation)
self-constituted; self-established (constituted by or established by itself)
old-line; oldline (long-established)
Antonym:
unestablished (not established)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Conforming with accepted standards
Example:
a conventional view of the world
Synonyms:
conventional; established
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Adjectives
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orthodox (adhering to what is commonly accepted)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt
Example:
the established facts in the case
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Adjectives
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proved; proven (established beyond doubt)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Settled securely and unconditionally
Example:
that smoking causes health problems is an accomplished fact
Synonyms:
accomplished; effected; established
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Adjectives
Similar:
settled (established or decided beyond dispute or doubt)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb establish
Context examples:
I established one for boys: I mean now to open a second school for girls.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Cells found in human breast cancers or extracted from cancers as established cell lines
(Breast Cancer Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
A set of parameters established as a reference to gauge levels of nausea and vomiting.
(Baseline Nausea and Vomiting, NCI Thesaurus)
For a time White Fang growled in unison with him, a correspondence of rhythm being established between growl and voice.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
I should like to know that John was firmly established in some good business, which gave him an income large enough to keep free from debt and make Meg comfortable.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
A family relation established by a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood.
(Adoptive Relative, NCI Thesaurus)
The team established that high levels of potassium inside tumors released by dying cancer cells can shut off cancer-killing T cells that have invaded the tumor.
(Harnessing T-cell “stemness” could enhance cancer immunotherapy, National Institutes of Health)
Spruces became well-established on more open floodplain sites due to the lower hare population there, but those sites placed the trees at greater risk of drying out during the hot summer months.
(Race across the tundra: White spruce vs. snowshoe hare, National Science Foundation)
The researchers were studying a well-established mouse model that forms a significant number of CCMs following the injection of a drug to induce gene deletion.
(Researchers connect brain blood vessel lesions to intestinal bacteria, NIH)
Using established relations between the magnetic activity and X-ray emission of stars, as well as its actual age, researchers determined WASP-18 is about 100 times less active than it should be.
(NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory Finds Planet That Makes Star Act Deceptively Old, NASA)
