Institute - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈɪnstɪtuːt|  American pronunciation of the word institute
Brit.  |ˈɪnstɪtjuːt|  British pronunciation of the word institute

noun

- an association organized to promote art or science or education

verb

- set up or lay the groundwork for (syn: constitute, establish, found, plant)
- advance or set forth in court (syn: bring)
institute proceedings

Extra examples

By instituting these programs, we hope to improve our children's education.

They have instituted new policies to increase public safety.

They founded an institute for research into the causes of mental illness.

We will institute a number of measures to better safeguard the public.

The government intends to institute court action against such firms.

We had no choice but to institute court proceedings against the airline.

American Institute of Accountants

American National Standards Institute

Hormon replacement therapy is very important and should be instituted early.

He hibernated, so to speak, in this institute during the other three hundred and sixty-four days of the year.

A financial scandal would shake the Institute's standing in the international academic community.

The company is building the centre in collaboration with the Institute of Offshore Engineering.

The official opening of the institute was in May.

The competition is open to all paid-up members of the Women's Institute.

Baltimore Polytechnic Institute

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: institute
he/she/it: institutes
present participle: instituting
past tense: instituted
past participle: instituted
noun
singular: institute
plural: institutes
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