Word: establishment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: es
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ment
Definition: The ruling class or authority group in a society; especially, an entrenched authority dedicated to preserving the status quo. Also Establishment.
Morphemes:
Affix: establish
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc; to enact; to ordain.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: stabilio
Language: la
Decoded: stabilio
PoS: Verb
Meaning: I establish, fix, make secure, confirm.
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.