institute

Plural: institutes

Noun

• an association organized to promote art or science or education
• An organization founded to promote a cause
• An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects
• The building housing such an institution.
• The act of instituting; institution.
• That which is instituted, established, or fixed, such as a law, habit, or custom.
• The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.

Verb

• set up or lay the groundwork for
• advance or set forth in court; ,
  • "institute proceedings"
• To begin or initiate (something); to found.
• To train, instruct.
• To nominate; to appoint.
• To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.

Adj

• Established; organized; founded.

Examples

• He instituted the new policy of having children walk through a metal detector to enter school.
• I work in a medical research institute.

Synonyms

bring, constitute, establish, found, plant

Related Words

institution, institutional

Anagrams of institute