well-established

English

Alternative forms

  • well established

Etymology

From well +‎ established.

Adjective

well-established (comparative more well-established, superlative most well-established)

  1. Having been established for a long period of time.
    Synonym: long-established
    The school has a number of well-established traditions.
    This company is probably the most well-established in the industry.
    • 2018 October 26, Chris Fitch, “Reintroduction of military conscription in Morocco”, in Geographical‎[1], archived from the original on 27 February 2021:
      ‘There’s been a continuation of what was a well-established pattern of protests,’ [Jonathan Hill] explains.
  2. Well-known.
    It is well established that this methodology is problematic.

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