Collocations for "establish"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "establish" in context.
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establish
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- establish yourself in the new [school, town, company]
- establish yourself as a [doctor, lawyer, writer]
- established themselves as the [best, leading, greatest]
- established by [rule, regulation, law, standards]
- establish the [rules]
- establish a [connection, relationship, friendship] with
- establish contact (with)
- establish and [maintain, operate, enforce, manage]
- establish a precedent
- establish your [argument, rebuttal, story, alibi]
- establish a new [company, business]
- established in [1959]
- was established to [provide, promote, help, support, ensure, assist]
- as established by [section, article, paragraph] [five]
- the [law, ruling, interpretation] establishes that
- establish the [number, time, date, amount]
- try to establish [what, where, when, who]
- [enabled him, made it easier, was able] to establish
'establish' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
accountability
- ambition
- appraisal
- banana
- basketball
- bill
- charter
- committee
- connection
- corporation
- curb
- curriculum
- definite
- fact
- foundation
- genuine
- ground
- help
- identity
- legal
- marking
- mid
- motive
- plaintiff
- premium
- price
- proceeding
- protective
- reason
- regular
- reputation
- road
- sacrifice
- screen
- seek
- standard
- system
- tenet
- tie
- timetable
- visual
- zone