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# establishment

noun (an establishment, establishments; the Establishment)

«establishment» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An establishment is a business, organisation or place such as a shop, restaurant, school or hotel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/establishment/#m1)
2. Establishment is the act of setting something up or starting it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/establishment/#m2)
3. The Establishment is the group of powerful people who control a country or society. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/establishment/#m3)
4. An establishment can also mean a household, with its servants and horses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/establishment/#m4)

### In the lessons

In formal speech and signs: "This establishment does not allow dogs." In history: the establishment of a colony, a town or a school. In social studies: people who go against the Establishment. Phrases: the establishment of, an educational establishment, eating establishment.

### Examples

- This establishment closes at nine o'clock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/establishment/#x1)
- The café is a friendly little establishment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/establishment/#x2)
- The establishment of the new park took two years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/establishment/#x3)
- The band sang songs against the Establishment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/establishment/#x4)
- Schools and colleges are educational establishments. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/establishment/#x5)
- Smoking is not allowed in this establishment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/establishment/#x6)
- On leaving the council the prince was conducted to a splendid house which had been prepared for him, where he found a full establishment and well-filled stables at his orders. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/establishment/#x7)

### Note

Verb: establish (set up, prove). Countable for places; uncountable for the act of setting up. Formal word; in everyday talk say "place", "shop" or "setting up". The Establishment is often written with a capital E.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it is a printing slip for "established": a matter is made firm and proven by witnesses.

**Interpretation.** The rabbis read this verse as the rule that a court needs at least two witnesses to decide a case, and one witness is never enough.

### Examples

- One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth; at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be establishment (Torah DEU.19.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/establishment/#x1)

### Note

Verb: establish (set up, prove). Countable for places; uncountable for the act of setting up. Formal word; in everyday talk say "place", "shop" or "setting up". The Establishment is often written with a capital E.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «establishment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/establishment/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «establishment» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/establishment/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«establishment» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/establishment.html) on Mova free.