INSTITUTION


Meaning of INSTITUTION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnstɪtju:ʃ(ə)n, AM -tu:- ]

( institutions)

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

1.

An institution is a large important organization such as a university, church, or bank.

The Hong Kong Bank is Hong Kong’s largest financial institution.

N-COUNT ; N-IN-NAMES

2.

An institution is a building where certain people are looked after, for example people who are mentally ill or children who have no parents.

Larry has been in an institution since he was four...

N-COUNT ; N-IN-NAMES

3.

An institution is a custom or system that is considered an important or typical feature of a particular society or group, usually because it has existed for a long time.

I believe in the institution of marriage.

N-COUNT : usu N of n

4.

The institution of a new system is the act of starting it or bringing it in.

There was never an official institution of censorship in Albania.

N-UNCOUNT : usu N of n

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