Dictionary

well-established en · ADJ

Etymology

From well + established.

Meanings

1. Having been established for a long period of time.
   • This company is probably the most well-established in the industry.
   • ‘There’s been a continuation of what was a well-established pattern of protests,’ [Jonathan Hill] explains. 2018 October 26, Chris Fitch, “Reintroduction of military conscription in Morocco”, in Geographical, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2021:
   • The school has a number of well-established traditions.
   • The Shen-Kan-Ning Border Region will serve as an example of political practice during the war years. This Border Region, with a population of about one and a half million people in the three provinces (Shensi, Kansu, and Ninghsia), was by no means a typical example of the liberated areas. As the original Northwest base of the CCP and the area in which the Party Center was located, it was actually a "model" area of CCP control. However, precisely because of its well-established Party presence and its relative security from Japanese attack, the Shen-Kan-Ning Border Region set the pattern of government for all of the liberated areas. 1967, James R. Townsend, “The Development of CCP Doctrine, 1921–1945”, in Political Participation in Communist China, Berkeley, Cali.: University of California Press, published 1969, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 58:
2. Well-known.
   • It is well established that this methodology is problematic.

Forms

Synonyms

long-established

Translations (12)

da veletableret (having been established for a long period of time) · fr ancré (having been established for a long period of time) · fi vakiintunut (having been established for a long period of time) · de fest (having been established for a long period of time) · de bekannt (having been established for a long period of time) · de alt (having been established for a long period of time) · cmn 享有盛譽的 /享有盛誉的 (having been established for a long period of time) · bg установен (having been established for a long period of time) · cmn 歷史悠久的 /历史悠久的 (having been established for a long period of time) · nn veletablert (having been established for a long period of time) · nb veletablert (having been established for a long period of time) · de etabliert (having been established for a long period of time)