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institute
[ in-sti-toot, -tyoot ]
verb (used with object)
to institute a government.
to institute a new course in American literature.
- to set in operation:
to institute a lawsuit.
- to bring into use or practice:
to institute laws.
- to establish in an office or position.
- Ecclesiastical. to assign to or invest with a spiritual charge, as of a parish.
noun
- a society or organization for carrying on a particular work, as of a literary, scientific, or educational character.
- the building occupied by such a society.
- Education.
- an institution, generally beyond the secondary school level, devoted to instruction in technical subjects, usually separate but sometimes organized as a part of a university.
- a unit within a university organized for advanced instruction and research in a relatively narrow field of subject matter.
- a short instructional program set up for a special group interested in a specialized field or subject.
- an established principle, law, custom, or organization.
- institutes,
- an elementary textbook of law designed for beginners.
- (initial capital letter) Also called In·sti·tutes of Jus·tin·i·an [in, -sti-toots , uh, v juh-, stin, -ee-, uh, n, -tyoots]. an elementary treatise on Roman law in four books, forming one of the four divisions of the Corpus Juris Civilis.
- something instituted.
institute
/ ˈɪԲɪˌː /
verb
- to organize; establish
- to initiate
to institute a practice
- to establish in a position or office; induct
- foll byin or into to install (a clergyman) in a church
noun
- an organization founded for particular work, such as education, promotion of the arts, or scientific research
- the building where such an organization is situated
- something instituted, esp a rule, custom, or precedent
Derived Forms
- ˈԲپˌٳܳٴǰ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ··پ·ٳܳٱ verb (used with object) reinstituted reinstituting
- ܲ··پ·ٳܳ· adjective
- ɱ-·پ·ٳܳ· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of institute1
Word History and Origins
Origin of institute1
Example Sentences
"I would suggest there is a high level of confidence this is a ransomware style event," says Dan Card, cyber expert at BCS, the chartered institute for IT.
The institute was torched by a Nazi student mob, every book in its library burned in Opera Square.
NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies has a model, but the institute could see cuts of up to 47%.
Officials at the institute in Damascus are still unclear what will happen to their funding, but those interviewed said they received encouraging signs from the government.
Donaldson favors, as I do, killing the current dinner and instituting something more tenable, but less Hollywood in nature.
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