Advertisement
Advertisement
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
/ ˈɪnstɪˌtjuːt /
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
- ˈinstiˌtutor, noun
Other Words From
- re·in·sti·tute verb (used with object) reinstituted reinstituting
- un·in·sti·tut·ed adjective
- well-in·sti·tut·ed adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of institute1
Word History and Origins
Origin of institute1
Example Sentences
Lawmakers established a tax on logging to pay for the institute while cutting taxes paid by the timber industry that helped fund schools and local governments.
Meanwhile, a farm science research institute in New Zealand, AgResearch, hopes to target methane production at its source by eliminating methanogens, the microbes thought to be responsible for producing the greenhouse gas in ruminants.
This is according to credit and debit card transaction information analyzed by Opportunity Insights, a policy institute based at Harvard University.
To estimate the relationship between income and life expectancy, researchers from Opportunity Insights, a policy institute based at Harvard University, gained access to federal income tax and Social Security records.
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies is one of the most important biomedical research institutes in the world.
He rebuffed calls to institute the death penalty, and his last term as governor ended in his defeat.
E.J. Graff, senior fellow at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism, is the author of What Is Marriage For?
The institute put out new numbers just this past summer (PDF), and they are eye-popping.
Near the end of my time with Hitchcock, the American Film Institute is preparing to honor him with their Life Achievement Award.
For additional information on seasonal depression, head to the National Institute of Mental Health.
The scene was the Imperial Institute, and the meetings lasted till July the 9th.
Mr. Garnett is a graduate of Oneida Institute, a speaker of great pathetic eloquence, and has written several valuable pamphlets.
He always liked you better than any one; do you know that he has a picture of you taken when we went to the Institute?
The library of the Institute, however, is only open to foreigners and the members of the Institute.
The Institute holds its sitting every month, and, according to all report, is then frivolous enough.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse