Definitions of institute [ˈɪn stɪˌtut, -ˌtyut]

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Definition of 'institute'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) institute
to set up; establish; organize.

2.  institute
to inaugurate; initiate; start.

3.  institute
to set in operation:
to institute a lawsuit.

4.  institute
to establish in an office or position.

5.  institute
to invest with the spiritual charge of a church or parish.

6. (n.) institute
a society or organization for carrying on a particular work, as of a literary, scientific, or educational character.

7.  institute
the building occupied by such a society.

8.  institute
a college devoted to instruction in technical subjects.

9.  institute
a unit within a university organized for advanced instruction and research in a relatively narrow field.

10.  institute
a short instructional program in some specialized activity.

11.  institute
an established principle, law, custom, or organization.

12.  institute
institutes,

13.  institute
an elementary treatise on law.

14.  institute
something instituted.

Etymology: (1275–1325; ME < L institūtus, ptp. of instituere to set, put up, establish =in-in -²+-stituere, comb. form of statuere to make stand)

Definition of 'institute'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) institute
an association organized to promote art or science or education

2. (verb) establish, found, plant, constitute, institute
set up or lay the groundwork for
"establish a new department"

3. (verb) institute, bring
advance or set forth in court
"bring charges", "institute proceedings"

Definition of 'institute'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) institute
an organization that works to advance a particular area of knowledge
a research institute; the National Institute for Literacy

2. (verb) institute
to start or cause to be used
reforms being instituted by the government

Definition of 'institute'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) institute
the act of instituting; institution

2. (adj) institute
that which is instituted, established, or fixed, as a law, habit, or custom

3. (adj) institute
hence: An elementary and necessary principle; a precept, maxim, or rule, recognized as established and authoritative; usually in the plural, a collection of such principles and precepts; esp., a comprehensive summary of legal principles and decisions; as, the Institutes of Justinian; Coke's Institutes of the Laws of England. Cf. Digest, n

4. (noun) institute
an institution; a society established for the promotion of learning, art, science, etc.; a college; as, the Institute of Technology; also, a building owned or occupied by such an institute; as, the Cooper Institute

5. (noun) institute
the person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation

6. institute
established; organized; founded

7. (verb) institute
to set up; to establish; to ordain; as, to institute laws, rules, etc

8. (verb) institute
to originate and establish; to found; to organize; as, to institute a court, or a society

9. (verb) institute
to nominate; to appoint

10. (verb) institute
to begin; to commence; to set on foot; as, to institute an inquiry; to institute a suit

11. (verb) institute
to ground or establish in principles and rudiments; to educate; to instruct

12. (verb) institute
to invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls

Translation of 'institute'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a society or organization, or the building it uses There is a lecture at the Philosophical Institute tonight.
Afrikaans: Instituut	Arabic: مَعْهَد	Bulgarian: институт
Brazilian: instituto	Czech: ústav	German: das Institut
Danish: institut	Greek: ίδρυμα, ινστιτούτο	Spanish: instituto
Estonian: instituut	Farsi: موسسه؛ انجمن	Finnish: instituutti
French: institut	Hebrew: מָכוֹן, מוֹסָד	Hindi: संस्थान
Croatian: institut	Hungarian: intézet	Indonesian: institut
Icelandic: stofnun	Italian: istituto	Japanese: 研究所
Korean: 학회, 협회	Lithuanian: institutas	Latvian: institūts
Malay: institusi	Dutch: instituut	Norwegian: institutt
Polish: instytut	Persian: موسسه؛ انجمن	Pashto: بنسټ ايښودل تاسيسول، ټولن
Portuguese: instituto	Romanian: institut	Russian: институт
Slovak: ústav	Slovenian: inštitut	Serbian: institut
Swedish: institut	Thai: สถาบัน	Turkish: enstitü
Taiwanese: 學院, 協會	Ukrainian: інститут; заклад	Urdu: ادارہ
Vietnamese: Viện Nghiên cứu	Chinese: 学院，协会，学会
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