different between grounded vs established

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???a?nd?d/

Adjective

grounded (comparative more grounded, superlative most grounded)

1. (aviation, of an airman) Not allowed to fly.
2. (of a person, predicative) Confined to stay inside, typically by a parent, as a punishment.
3. (of a person) Mature, sensible with well-considered priorities.
4. (electricity, Canada, US) Of or pertaining to an electrical conductor which is connected to earth; earthed.

Translations

Verb

grounded

1. simple past tense and past participle of ground

Anagrams

• underdog, undergod

English

Etymology

From establish +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??stæb.l??t/
• Hyphenation: es?tab?lished

Verb

established

1. simple past tense and past participle of establish

Adjective

established (comparative more established, superlative most established)

1. Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
2. Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 731:

     Anglicanism did manage to strengthen its position in the southern English American colonies after Charles II's restoration (even in cosmopolitan New York), gaining established status in six out of the eventual thirteen.

3. (Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.

Synonyms

• estd. (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• established church
• long-established
• well-established

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