establishing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈstæblɪʃɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: es‧tab‧lish‧ing

Verb

establishing

1. present participle and gerund of establish

Derived terms

• establishing shot

Noun

establishing (plural establishings)

1. The act by which something is established; establishment.
   • 1845, Matthew Habershon, The Shadows of the Evening, page 6:

     This course consists of the overturnings and establishings of the various successive empires under which the Church of Christ, both in its Jewish and Christian state, should exist […]