institute
English
Etymology
From Middle English , from Latin īnstitūtus, past participle of īnstituō (“I set up, place upon, purpose, begin, institute”), from in (“in, on”) + statuō (“set up, establish”).
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Noun
Wikipedia institute (plural institutes)
- An organization founded to promote a cause
- I work in a medical research institute.
- An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects
- The building housing such an institution
Derived terms
- educational institute
- research institute
- academic institute
Translations
organization founded to promote a cause
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college
building
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Verb
institute (third-person singular simple present institutes, present participle instituting, simple past and past participle instituted)
- (transitive) To begin or initiate (something).
- He instituted the new policy of having children walk through a metal detector to enter school.
- (obsolete, transitive) To train, instruct.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.27:
- Publius was the first that ever instituted the Souldier to manage his armes by dexteritie and skil, and joyned art unto vertue, not for the use of private contentions, but for the wars and Roman peoples quarrels.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.27:
Translations
to begin or initiate something
Related terms
External links
- institute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- institute in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- institute at OneLook Dictionary Search