ENTRENCH


Meaning of ENTRENCH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪntrentʃ ]

( entrenches, entrenching, entrenched)

If something such as power, a custom, or an idea is entrenched , it is firmly established, so that it would be difficult to change it.

...a series of measures designed to entrench democracy and the rule of law...

These dictators have entrenched themselves politically and are difficult to move.

VERB : V n , V pron-refl

• en‧trenched

The recession remains deeply entrenched.

ADJ

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