INSTITUTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does institute mean? 

• INSTITUTE (noun)
  The noun INSTITUTE has 1 sense:

1. an association organized to promote art or science or education

  Familiarity information: INSTITUTE used as a noun is very rare.

• INSTITUTE (verb)
  The verb INSTITUTE has 2 senses:

1. set up or lay the groundwork for

2. advance or set forth in court

  Familiarity information: INSTITUTE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INSTITUTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An association organized to promote art or science or education

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("institute" is a kind of...):

association (a formal organization of people or groups of people)

• INSTITUTE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they institute    ... he / she / it institutes   
Past simple: instituted   
Past participle: instituted   
-ing form: instituting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Set up or lay the groundwork for

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

constitute; establish; found; institute; plant

Context example:

establish a new department

Hypernyms (to "institute" is one way to...):

initiate; pioneer (take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "institute"):

fix (set or place definitely)

appoint; constitute; name; nominate (create and charge with a task or function)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

institution (the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Advance or set forth in court

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

bring; institute

Context example:

institute proceedings

Hypernyms (to "institute" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

An institute within the National Institutes of Health that leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life.

(National Institute on Aging, NCI Thesaurus)

College, University or institute with scholastic life or environment.

(Academia, NCI Thesaurus)

Element number 113, nihonium, is named after the Japanese name for the country of Japan — Nihon — where it was first synthesized and discovered by researchers at the RIKEN institute.

(IUPAC proposes four new chemical element names, Wikinews)

The Division of Cancer Biology (DCB) supports a variety of investigator-initiated research grants from academic institutions, research institutes, and small businesses.

(Grant Opportunities, DCB, NCI Thesaurus)

An institute within the National Institutes of Health with the mission to promote and improve the health of individuals, families, communities, and populations.

(National Institute of Nursing Research, NCI Thesaurus)

One of the institutes that comprise the National Institutes of Health.

(National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NCI Thesaurus)

An institute within the National Institutes of Health with the mission to reduce the burden of human illness and disability by understanding how the environment influences the development and progression of human disease.

(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NCI Thesaurus)

An institute within the National Institutes of Health with the mission to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery and cure.

(National Institute of Mental Health, NCI Thesaurus)

The March of Dimes helped pay for the study along with the National Institutes of Health, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other medical research institutes.

(New Genetic Discovery May Eventually End Premature Birth, VOA)

An institute within the National Institutes of Health that provides leadership in the national effort to reduce alcohol-related problems.

(National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NCI Thesaurus)