Meaning of institution | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A custom or practice of a society or community.
   countable, uncountable
2. The act of founding or establishing:constitution, creation, establishment, foundation, organization, origination, start-up.
3. A long-established organization or type of organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.
   countable, uncountable
4. a society or organization, or the building it uses. There is a lecture at the Philosophical Institute tonight. Instituut مَعْهَد институт instituto ústav das Institut institut ίδρυμα, ινστιτούτοinstituto instituut موسسه؛ انجمن instituutti institutמכון, מוסד संस्थान institut intézet institut stofnun istituto 研究所 학회, 협회 institutas institūts institusi instituutinstituttinstytut بنسټ ايښودل تاسيسول، ټولنه، موسسه instituto institut институт ústav inštitut institut institut สถาบัน enstitü 學院, 協會 ін...
5. The building or buildings which house such an organization.
   countable, uncountable
6. to start or establish. When was the Red Cross instituted? gestig يُؤسِّس учредявам instituir založit, ustavit einrichten oprette αρχίζω, ιδρύωfundar, establecer asutama ایجاد کردن panna alulle fonder לְייַסֵד संस्थापित करना utemeljiti alapít mendirikan stofna istituire 設ける 설립하다 įkurti []dibināt; organizēt mendirikan instellenopprette, innstifte, foranstaltezałożyć تاسيسول instituir a fonda учреждать založiť ustanoviti osnovati inrätta, grunda, stifta จัดตั้ง; ริเริ่ม kurmak, tesis etmek 建立, 創...
7. A mental institution.
   countable, informal, uncountable
8. institusioneel مُؤَسَّسي институционален institucional instituční Institutions-... institutionel θεσμικός, ιδρυματικός institucional institutsionaalne سازمانی institutionaalinen institutionnel מוֹסָדִי संस्थानिक institucionalan intézményes institusional stofnunar- istituzionale 制度上の 협회의 institucijos, įstaigos iestādes-; organizācijas- keinstitusian institutioneelinstitusjons- zakładowy, instytucjonalny بنيادى institucional instituţional учреждённый inštitučný uraden institucionalan institutio...
9. Any facility where people (especially those who are mentally or physically disabled or sick, or who are prisoners) are committed (confined), where their freedom to leave is restricted.
   countable, uncountable
10. institución; fundación; establecimiento; [mental] asilo, manicomio; [home for the aged] asilo de ancianos.
11. Any long established and respected place or business.
    countable, informal, uncountable
12. The act of instituting: the institution of reforms.
13. A person long established in a place, position, or field.
    countable, informal, uncountable
14. A custom, practice, relationship, or behavioral pattern of importance in the life of a community or society: the institutions of marriage and the family.
15. The act of instituting something.
    countable, uncountable
16. An established organization or foundation, especially one dedicated to education, public service, or culture.
17. The act by which a bishop commits a cure of souls to a priest.
    countable, uncountable
18. the act of instituting
19. That which institutes or instructs, particularly a textbook or system of elements or rules.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
20. an organization or establishment founded for a specific purpose, such as a hospital, church, company, or college
21. A correctional institution.
    countable, informal, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The institution of marriage is present in many cultures but its details vary widely across them.”

“The University of the South Pacific is the only internationally accredited institution of higher education in Oceania.”

“[…] these professors of Little Red Schoolhouse-education did not themselves remain in the isolated and handicapped little institution they glorify.”

“It is a common misconception […] that the American Mob began as an Italian institution transplanted directly from Sicily.”

“As both a social and a religious institution, the parish provided "the support and help" that the immigrants needed in the New World.”

“It was Murray's determination that finally motivated Nathan to agree to purchase the restaurant and convert it to the Coney Island-named institution, Nathan's Famous.”

“Who could be against reason, science, humanism, or progress? The words seem saccharine, the ideals unexceptionable. They define the missions of all the institutions of modernity—schools, hospitals, charities, news agencies, democratic governments, international organizations. Do these ideals really need a defense? They absolutely do. Since the 1960s, trust in the institutions of modernity has sunk, and the second decade of the 21st century saw the rise of populist movements that blatantly repudiate the ideals of the Enlightenment.”

“He's been in an institution since the crash.”

“Over time, the local pub has become something of an institution.”

“[quoting Giles Coren] "The Wykeham Arms [a pub] is destroyed. They have turned a great old English institution into a shameful clip-joint. It's a shuddering, howling tragedy."”

“She's not just any old scholar; she is an institution.”

“The institution of higher speed limits was a popular move but increased the severity of crashes.”

“Accordingly if we can show that a barbarous custom, like that of the priesthood of Nemi, has existed elsewhere; if we can detect the motives which led to its institution; if we can prove that these motives have operated widely, perhaps universally, in human society...”

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