institutenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɪn.stɪ.tʃuːt/us/ˈɪn.stə.tuːt/B2 an organization where people do a particular type of scientific, educational, or social work, or the buildings that it uses:
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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- The institute derives all its money from foreign investments.
- The institute will invest 5 million in the project.
- The state of Michigan has endowed three institutes to do research for industry.
- The research institute is based in Cambridge.
- The institute awards three research fellowships each year.
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Organizations, Societies & clubs
- Assn
- Assoc
- association
- book club
- brotherhood
- commission
- committee
- empire
- fan club
- FC
- feeder club
- foundation
- friendly society
- housing association
- insignia
- monolith
- secret society
- select committee
- society
- the old guard
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instituteverb [ T ]
uk/ˈɪn.stɪ.tʃuːt/us/ˈɪn.stə.tuːt/formalto start or cause a system, rule, legal action, etc. to exist:
She is threatening to institute legal proceedings against the hospital.
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Starting and beginning
- be in the first flush of idiom
- become
- begin
- branch out
- break into sth
- export
- get down to business idiom
- ground
- incipient
- initiator
- instate
- introduce
- kick
- strike
- swing into action idiom
- touch sth off
- train
- trigger
- wade in
- weave
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