institute
IPA: ˈɪnstʌtut
noun
- An organization founded to promote a cause
- An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects
- The building housing such an institution.
- (obsolete) The act of instituting; institution.
- (obsolete) That which is instituted, established, or fixed, such as a law, habit, or custom.
- (law, Scotland) The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.
verb
- (transitive) To begin or initiate (something); to found.
- (obsolete, transitive) To train, instruct.
- To nominate; to appoint.
- (ecclesiastical, law) To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.
adjective
- (obsolete) Established; organized; founded.
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Examples of "institute" in Sentences
- The Institute is libertarian and individualist.
- He established the Jerusalem Institute for the Prevention of Blindness.
- In fact, the initial founding vision of the Institute was more ambitious.
- The president of the institute is the head of the council of the institute.
- In 1871 he established the zoological institute of the University of Rostock.
- American institute for the prevention of blindness is an important institution.
- Institute for the protection and the security of the citizen is now established.
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