institute

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

• (Verb) Middle English, from Latin institutus (past participle of instituere)
• (Noun) From the name of the French Institut National des Sciences et des Arts

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institute (plural institutes)

1. An organization founded to promote a cause

   I work in a medical research institute.

2. An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects
3. The building housing such an institution

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• educational institute
• research institute
• academic institute

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to institute (third-person singular simple present institutes, present participle instituting, simple past and past participle instituted)

1. (transitive) to begin or initiate something

   "He instituted the new policy of having children walk through a metal detector to enter school."

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