INSTITUTE


Meaning of INSTITUTE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnstɪtju:t, AM -tu:t ]

( institutes, instituting, instituted)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

An institute is an organization set up to do a particular type of work, especially research or teaching. You can also use institute to refer to the building the organization occupies.

...an elite research institute devoted to computer software...

N-COUNT ; N-IN-NAMES

2.

If you institute a system, rule, or course of action, you start it. ( FORMAL )

We will institute a number of measures to better safeguard the public...

VERB : V n

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