different between establishment vs generation

English

Etymology

From Middle English *establishment, stablishment, stablisshement, from Old French establissement (Modern French établissement), from the verb establir. Equivalent to establish +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??stæbl??m?nt/
• Hyphenation: estab?lish?ment

Noun

establishment (countable and uncountable, plural establishments)

1. The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
   • 1787, Article Seven of the United States Constitution

     The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.

2. The state of being established, founded, etc.; fixed state.

3. That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence.

4. (usually with "the") The ruling class or authority group in a society; especially, an entrenched authority dedicated to preserving the status quo. Also Establishment.

5. The number of staff required to run a department or organisation (often used in the context of healthcare and other public services).

Synonyms

• (act of establishing):, (that which is established): foundation

Antonyms

• (act of establishing): abolition

Derived terms

• anti-establishment
• eating establishment
• re-establishment, reestablishment
• war establishment

Translations

See also

• antidisestablishmentarianism
• powers that be

Descendants

• ? Polish: establishment

Catalan

Etymology

From English establishment.

Pronunciation

• (Central) IPA^(key): /?s?tabli?m?n/

Noun

establishment m (plural establishments)

1. establishment

Further reading

• “establishment” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “establishment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

References

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English establishment.

Noun

establishment

1. (sometimes derogatory) (the) establishment
   • 2017, Jens-Martin Eriksen, Frederik Stjernfelt, Adskillelsens politik, Lindhardt og Ringhof ?ISBN

     Forestillingen om klasse frem for religion er også farlig for establishmentet her i landet, den ville kunne få hele det politiske system til at bryde sammen, hvis de fattige malajer, muslimerne, ville indse, at de har mere til fælles med de fattige ...

   • 2015, Jan Guillou, Den demokratiske terrorist, Modtryk ?ISBN

     Marxistleninisterne eksisterede næsten ikke mere, de fleste gamle kammerater var blevet en del af establishmentet, og den antiimperialistiske bevægelse var stort set gået i sig selv igen.

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English establishment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?t?.bl??.m?nt/, /?s?t?.bl?s.m?nt/
• Hyphenation: es?ta?blish?ment

Noun

establishment n (plural establishments, diminutive establishmentje n)

1. establishment, elite (ruling authority or class)

Related terms

• etablissement

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English establishment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?est?blisment?i/, [?e?s?t??b?lis?me?n?t??i]

Noun

establishment

1. (informal) establishment (ruling class)

Declension

Synonyms

• eliitti
• valtaapitävät
• yläluokka

French

Etymology

From English establishment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s.ta.bli?.m??/

Proper noun

establishment m

1. establishment (ruling authority)

Related terms

• établissement

Polish

Etymology

From English establishment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.stab?l?i?.m?nt/

Noun

establishment m inan

1. (derogatory, politics) the establishment (the ruling class or authority group)

Declension

Further reading

• establishment in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• establishment in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English establishment.

Proper noun

establishment m

1. establishment (ruling authority)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English establishment. Doublet of establecimiento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /establi?e?ment/, [es.t?a.??li.?e?m?n?t?]

Proper noun

establishment m

1. establishment (ruling authority)

Further reading

• “establishment” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman generacioun, Middle French generacion, and their source, Latin gener?ti?, from gener?re, present active infinitive of gener? (“to beget, generate”). Compare generate.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d???n???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: gen?er?a?tion

Noun

generation (countable and uncountable, plural generations)

1. The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation. [from 14th c.]
   • 1832, Charles Lyell, Principles of Geology, II:

     The generation of peat, when not completely under water, is confined to moist situations.

2. The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation. [from 14th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.10:

     So all things else, that nourish vitall blood, / Soone as with fury thou doest them inspire, / In generation seek to quench their inward fire.

   • 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum:

     Generation by Copulation (certainly) extendeth not to Plants.
3. (now US, dialectal) Race, family; breed. [from 14th c.]
   • c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, First Folio 1623, I.3:

     Thy Mothers of my generation: what's she, if I be a Dogge?

4. A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit. [from 14th c.]

   This is the book of the generations of Adam - Genesis 5:1

   Ye shall remain there [in Babylon] many years, and for a long season, namely, seven generations - Baruch 6:3

   All generations and ages of the Christian church - Richard Hooker

5. (obsolete) Descendants, progeny; offspring. [15th-19th c.]
6. The average amount of time needed for children to grow up and have children of their own, generally considered to be a period of around thirty years, used as a measure of time. [from 17th c.]
7. A set stage in the development of computing or of a specific technology. [from 20th c.]
   • 2009, Paul Deital, Harvey Deital and Abbey Deital, iPhone for Programmers:

     The first-generation iPhone was released in June 2007 and was an instant blockbuster success.

8. (geometry) The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude, by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.

   the generation of a line or curve

9. A group of people born in a specific range of years and whose members can relate culturally to one another.

   Generation X grew up in the eighties, whereas the generation known as the millennials grew up in the nineties.

10. A version of a form of pop culture which differs from later or earlier versions.

    People sometimes dispute which generation of Star Trek is best, including the original and The Next Generation.

11. (television) A copy of a recording made from an earlier copy and thus further degraded in quality.
    • 2014, K. G. Jackson, G. B. Townsend, TV & Video Engineer's Reference Book

      With one-inch C format or half-inch Betacam used in the component mode, quality loss through additional generations is not such a problem. In this situation, it would be usual to make the necessary alterations while re-recording onto a third generation master […]

    • 2002, Keith Jack, Vladimir Tsatsoulin, Dictionary of Video and Television Technology (page 131)

      Each generation away from the original or master produces increased degradation in the image quality.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• first-generation
• generationer
• second-generation
• generation gap
• generation loss

Related terms

• generate

Translations

Further reading

• generation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• generation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• "generation" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 140.

Anagrams

• renegation

Danish

Noun

generation c (singular definite generationen, plural indefinite generationer)

1. generation (organisms or devices born or designed at the same time)

Declension

Further reading

• “generation” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “generation” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin generatio.

Noun

generation f (plural generations)

1. generation (procreation; begetting)
2. generation (rank or degree in genealogy)

Swedish

Noun

generation c

1. a generation

Declension

Related terms

• generera
• generationsväxling
• ungdomsgeneration

References

• generation in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• generation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)