institute

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Singular
institute

Plural
institutes

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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Infinitive
to institute

Third person singular
institutes

Simple past
instituted

Past participle
instituted

Present participle
instituting

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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