institutionalizeverb [ T ]
UK usually institutionalise uk/ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən.ə.laɪz/us/ˌɪn.stəˈtuː.ʃən.ə.laɪz/institutionalize verb [ T ] (PLACE)
to send someone, especially someone who is not able to live independently, to live in an institution
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Accommodating people
- accommodate
- billet
- board
- board and lodging
- boarding and lodging
- camp
- fooding and lodging
- full board
- half board
- house
- put
- put sb away
- put sb up
- quarter
- rehouse
- resettle
- room and board
- settle
- sleep
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institutionalize verb [ T ] (CUSTOM)
to make something become part of a particular society, system, or organization:
What was once an informal event has now been institutionalized.
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Standard and routine
- average
- bog-standard
- conformance
- conformity
- day-to-day
- default
- diet
- mainline
- quotidian
- regular
- round
- routine
- routinely
- set
- standard
- staple
- std
- stock
- the daily round idiom
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institutionalization
noun [ U ] UK usually institutionalisation /ˌɪn.stɪˌtjuː.ʃən.ə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən//-ˌtuː-/
the unjustified institutionalization of people with disabilities