Institution - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
- a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society
the institution of slavery
he had become an institution in the theater
- a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person (syn: asylum)
Extra examples
Family visits are a Thanksgiving institution.
She's not interested in the institution of marriage.
The play has become something of an institution on Broadway.
He is one of the institutions of the place.
The scandal threatened to undermine the institution of the Presidency.
I was determined not to put my mother in an institution.
However, industry continues to fight against institution of a new standard.
The two banks merged to form one large institution.
...the nation's pioneer institution for the education of African-Americans...
...once a brilliant dancer, he died a crackbrain in a mental institution...
The British pub isn't just somewhere to drink - it's an institution.
This programme is fully accredited by the Institution of Electrical Engineers.
He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution
The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution
Word forms
singular: institution
plural: institutions
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