English Explanatory Dictionary

institution

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A custom or practice of a society or community.
  2. A long-established organization or type of organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.
  3. The building or buildings which house such an organization.
  4. A mental institution.
  5. Any facility where people (especially those who are mentally or physically disabled or sick, or who are prisoners) are committed (confined), where their freedom to leave is restricted.
  6. Any long established and respected place or business.
  7. A person long established in a place, position, or field.
  8. The act of instituting something.
  9. The act by which a bishop commits a cure of souls to a priest.
  10. That which institutes or instructs, particularly a textbook or system of elements or rules.
  11. A correctional institution.

Pronunciation

/ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/ /ˌɪn.stɪˈtjuː.ʃən/ /ˌɪn.stɪˈtu.ʃən/ en-us-institution.ogg /ˌɪn.stɪˈtjʉː.ʃən/

Word forms

institution institutions

Etymology

From Middle English institucioun, from Old French institution, from Latin institūtiō, from instituō (“to set up”), from in- (“in, on”) + statuō (“to set up, establish”). Equivalent to institute + -ion.

Synonyms

establishment

Related words

institute institutional institutionalism institutionalist

Derived words

academic institution acquiring financial institution correctional institution counterinstitution credit institution educational institution financial institution higher institution institutionary institution-building institutionism institutionize institutionwide macroinstitution mechanics' institution memory institution mental institution multi-institution non-institution noninstitution peculiar institution reinstitution research institution superinstitution words of institution young offender institution zombie institution

Translations

Albanian: institucion Arabic: مُؤَسَّسَة Armenian: հաստատություն Armenian: հիմնում Armenian: ինստիտուտ Azerbaijani: müəssisə Azerbaijani: quruluş Belarusian: устано́ва Belarusian: арганіза́цыя Belarusian: iнстыту́цыя Bulgarian: учрежде́ние Bulgarian: институ́ция Bulgarian: организа́ция Catalan: institució Chinese Mandarin: 機關 /机关 Chinese Mandarin: 機構 /机构 Czech: instituce Danish: institution Dutch: instelling Esperanto: institucio Finnish: instituutio Finnish: laitos Finnish: toimielin French: institution Galician: institución German: Institution Greek: ίδρυμα Hindi: संस्था Hindi: अधिष्ठान Hungarian: intézmény Icelandic: stofnun Indonesian: institusi Italian: istituzione Japanese: 機構 Japanese: 機関 Kazakh: ведомство Kazakh: идара Korean: 기관 Central Kurdish: دەزگا Lao: ສະຖາບັນ Latvian: iestāde Macedonian: институција Macedonian: установа Malayalam: സ്ഥാപനം Māori: whareako Norwegian Bokmål: institusjon Iranian Persian: سازْمان Iranian Persian: مُؤَسِّسِه Iranian Persian: اِدارِه Polish: instytucja Portuguese: instituição Romanian: instituție Russian: учрежде́ние Russian: заведе́ние Russian: организа́ция Russian: ве́домство Russian: институ́ция Scottish Gaelic: stèidheachadh Serbo-Croatian: институ́ција Serbo-Croatian: institúcija Sikkimese: ཉམ་ཞིབ་ཁང
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