26984 words

institute

7 definitions • 7 examples
1
an organization where people do a particular type of scientific, educational, or social work, or the buildings that it uses:

Examples:

the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2
to start or cause a system, rule, legal action, etc. to exist:

Examples:

She is threatening to institute legal proceedings against the hospital.
3
to put into effect; cause to be used:

Examples:

These are some of the safety guidelines we’ve instituted in our hotels.
4
an organization whose purpose is to advance the study of a particular subject:

Examples:

The National Institutes of Health fund medical research in many areas.
5
an organization where people do a particular kind of scientific, educational, etc. work, or the buildings which it uses :

Examples:

the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
6
an organization of people who all do the same kind of work:

Examples:

the Institute of Directors
7
to start or introduce a system, rule, legal action, etc.:

Examples:

They promised to institute new guidelines in the wake of the scandal.

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