- founded, built, or brought into existence:The organization is getting ready to announce the first recipient of a newly established award recognizing outstanding service to the community.
- settled or installed relatively permanently in a position, place, business, etc.:The resort is a long established vacation destination with a strong reputation for delivering high-quality personal service to their guests.
- proven valid or true:Knowledge about the venom of the spider that bit her is sparse, and there is no established treatment for it.
- accepted or recognized:More recent research, however, contradicts the established narrative.Experimental psychology is an established field with a long history of research involving humans.
- firm or settled in habit or condition: Her established dislike of poetry meant she rarely received it for review.
- brought about, appointed, enacted, or ordained:Requirements include being covered by federally established health insurance, such as Medicare or Medicaid.
- the simple past tense and past participle of establish.
