well-established
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.87 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having been established for a long period of time.
adj
Example Sentences
- "The school has a number of well-established traditions."
- "This company is probably the most well-established in the industry."
- "The Shen-Kan-Ning Border Region will serve as an example of political practice during the war years. This Border Region, with a population of about one and a half million people in the three provinces (Shensi, Kansu, and Ninghsia), was by no means a typical example of the liberated areas. As the original Northwest base of the CCP and the area in which the Party Center was located, it was actually a "model" area of CCP control. However, precisely because of its well-established Party presence and its relative security from Japanese attack, the Shen-Kan-Ning Border Region set the pattern of government for all of the liberated areas."
- "‘There’s been a continuation of what was a well-established pattern of protests,’ [Jonathan Hill] explains."
- "It is well established that this methodology is problematic."
Etymology
From well + established.
Inflected Forms
more well-established (comparative)
most well-established (superlative)
well established (alternative)