established

(verb) set up or found. Synonyms: establish, set up, found, launch. Example: "She set up a literacy program."

(verb) set up or lay the groundwork for. Synonyms: establish, found, plant, constitute, institute. Example: "Establish a new department."

(verb) establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment. Synonyms: prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew. Examples: "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound." "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture."

(verb) institute, enact, or establish. Synonyms: lay down, establish, make. Example: "Make laws."

(verb) bring about. Synonyms: establish, give. Example: "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth."

(verb) place. Synonyms: install, instal, set up, establish. Example: "Her manager had set her up at the ritz."

(verb) build or establish something abstract. Synonyms: build, establish. Example: "Build a reputation."

(verb) use as a basis for; found on. Synonyms: establish, base, ground, found. Example: "Base a claim on some observation."

(adj) brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established. Synonyms: established (vs. unestablished), constituted. Examples: "The established social order." "Distrust the constituted authority." "A team established as a member of a major league." "Enjoyed his prestige as an established writer." "An established precedent." "The established church."

(adj) settled securely and unconditionally. Synonyms: accomplished, effected. Example: "That smoking causes health problems is an accomplished fact."

(adj) conforming with accepted standards. Synonyms: conventional. Example: "A conventional view of the world."

(adj) shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt. Example: "The established facts in the case."

(adj) introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation. Synonyms: naturalized.