Collocations for establish - verb

initially, originally
The Internet was originally established by scientists to share information.

formally
The League was formally established in 1920.

attempt to, seek to, try to
We try to establish links with schools.

help (to), help sb (to)
agree to
The two countries agreed to establish full diplomatic relations.

be able to
be important to

an attempt to establish sth, an effort to establish sth
newly established, recently established
He was appointed to the newly established Department for Safety.

firmly, securely
His position in the organization is now firmly established.

fully
By the 7th century Buddhism was fully established in Japan.

effectively
clearly
We have now clearly established ourselves as the leader in the market.

successfully
We have successfully established clear rules that most students accept.

attempt to, seek to, try to
help (to), help sb (to)
The exhibition helped her establish herself as an artist.

as
He has now established his reputation as a popular musician.

become established, get established
The festival has become established as an annual event.

previously established
a previously established formula

conclusively, definitely, definitively, unequivocally
empirically, scientifically
The effectiveness of the new drug has not yet been scientifically established.

attempt to, seek to, try to
Police are still trying to establish the identity of the dead man.

help (to)
be able to
be possible to
be difficult to
be important to

an attempt to establish sth, an effort to establish sth

Establish is used with these nouns as the subject:
convention, enquiry, evidence, settler, treaty

Establish is used with these nouns as the object:
agenda, alibi, alignment, alliance, arrangement, atmosphere, authenticity, authority, base, body, bond, border, boundary, branch, bureau, business, camp, category, chair, channel, church, claim, clientele, code, colony, commission, committee, common ground, communication, company, confederation, congregation, connection, contact, context, continuity, control, convent, correlation, council, crèche, credentials, credibility, criterion, database, democracy, department, detail, diagnosis, dialogue, dictatorship, division, doctrine, dominance, domination, dynasty, empire, enquiry, equality, existence, expectation, extent, fact, farm, feasibility, federation, firm, foothold, foundation, framework, friendship, fund, goal, government, guideline, guilt, habit, headquarters, hierarchy, hotline, identity, innocence, institute, lead, liaison, limit, link, memorial, mission, monarchy, monopoly, mood, motive, movement, museum, myth, neighbourhood, network, niche, objective, office, panel, partnership, party, pattern, peace, perimeter, picture, policy, position, practice, precedent, presence, principle, priority, procedure, programme, quota, rapport, record, refuge, regime, register, registry, relation, relationship, relevance, republic, reputation, requirement, reserve, residence, right, role, routine, rule, schedule, scheme, settlement, slavery, socialism, society, sovereignty, standard, state, structure, style, subsidiary, superiority, supremacy, system, task force, territory, tie, timetable, tone, tradition, tribunal, trust, truth, validity, venture, zone