establishment
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(noun) a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence |
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Related Words: academy, business establishment, construction, institution, perfumery, place of business, poorhouse, school system, structure, university |
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(noun) the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof |
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Synonyms: validation |
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Related Words: cogent evidence, proof |
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(noun) any large organization |
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Related Words: organisation, organization |
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(noun) (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat |
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Synonyms: ecesis |
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Related Words: action, activity, natural action, natural process |
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(noun) the act of forming something; "the constitution of a PTA group"; "he still remembers the establishment of the hospital" |
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Synonyms: constitution, formation, organisation, organization |
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Related Words: beginning, colonisation, colonization, commencement, settlement, start, unionisation, unionization |
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(noun) an organization founded and united for a specific purpose |
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Synonyms: institution |
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Related Words: academy, charity, company, educational institution, faith, financial institution, financial organization, honorary society, issuer, medical institution, organisation, organization, religion, vicariate, vicarship |
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(noun) the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a governing body and who administer something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment" |
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Synonyms: administration, brass, governance, organisation, organization |
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Related Words: bench, body, executive, government officials, judiciary, management, officialdom |
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