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Past tense of establish

regular verb

The past tense of establish is established. The past participle is also established.

Forms of establish

Base form (V1)establish /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/
Past tense (V2)established /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃt/
Past participle (V3)established /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃt/
Present participleestablishing /ɪˈstæblɪʃɪŋ/
Third person singularestablishes

Established in a sentence

  • By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity.1921, Ben Travers, chapter 4, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC
  • The test facility was established under the umbrella of the company's quality program.From the entry umbrella
  • His conduct is against the established practices of the legal profession.From the entry profession
  • Clover is not native to the Americas, but it is firmly established there.From the entry native
  • The villagers styled him as my Liege, and this style, once established, was seldom forgone.From the entry style

Meaning of establish

  1. verb To make stable or firm; to confirm.
  2. verb To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
  3. verb To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.

Full definition of establish

Questions about the past tense of establish

What is the past tense of establish?
The past tense of establish is established.
What is the past participle of establish?
The past participle of establish is established.
Is establish a regular or irregular verb?
Establish is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: establish (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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