institute
//ˈɪnstɪtjuːt//
Forms
- Plural
- institutes
- present (v1)
- institute
- past (v2)
- instituted
- past participle (v3)
- instituted
- present participle
- instituting
- 3rd person singular
- institutes
Definitions
1.An organization founded to promote a cause
- I work in a medical research institute.
2.An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects
3.The building housing such an institution.
4.The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.
- Substitution is the nomination of substituted heirs, who take place, failing the institute.
1.To begin or initiate (something); to found.
- And haply institute / A course of learning and ingenious studies.
- He instituted the new policy of having children walk through a metal detector to enter school.
- Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government.
2.To nominate; to appoint.
- We institute your Grace / To be our regent in these parts of France.
3.To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1525
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From French institut
From Middle French
From Latin īnstitūtum.