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institute | American Dictionary

institute
verb[ T ]
us/ˈɪn·stɪˌtut/

instituteverb[T] (START)

to put into effect; cause to be used:
These are some of the safety guidelines we’ve instituted in our hotels.
institute
noun[ C ]
us/ˈɪn·stɪˌtut/

institutenoun[C] (ORGANIZATION)

an organization whose purpose is to advance the study of a particular subject:
The National Institutes of Health fund medical research in many areas.

institute | Business English

institute
noun[ C ]
(oftenInstitute)uk /ˈɪnstɪtjuːt/us
an organization where people do a particular kind of scientific, educational, etc. work, or the buildings which it uses :
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
an organization of people who all do the same kind of work:
the Institute of Directors
institute
verb[ T ]
uk /ˈɪnstɪtjuːt/us
to start or introduce a system, rule, legal action, etc.:
They promised to institute new guidelines in the wake of the scandal.

Examples of institute

institute
The first is the period when a government institutes its first modern welfare policies.
After the campaign an intensive surveillance system was instituted and physicians were required to notify suspected cases.
The structural problems with which the academic institutes have had to contend, are of a passing nature.
Interviewers were required to achieve a kappa of at least 0.6 ; otherwise, retraining was instituted.
At neighbourhood level, the gang had similarly instituted a veritable regime of terror.
In many cases the authorities instituted hereditary family occupations and probably determined patrilineal succession.
We instituted a number of additional controls on the selection of the stimulus set to ensure interpretable results.
In the following fiscal year there were 55 such investigations, and prosecutions were instituted in 12 cases.
1911, when he was asked to join a group of experts in order to discuss the founding of biological institutes.
Studies of the impact of specific conferences are occasionally planned and conducted in collaboration with cosponsoring institutes.
There is also exclusion from reimbursement for certain drugs not included in a recently instituted positive list.
Delegates discussed the details of the provision on powers without commenting on the major change that had been instituted.
Since the institute's creation, some improvement in planning projects has been observed (20).
Preparatory offices were set up for four additional institutes, and directors and deputy directors were appointed.
Low-trusting individuals cooperate most when and only when such a framework is instituted.
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Collocations withinstitute

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These are words often used in combination with institute.

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independent institute
It is my intention that the centre will be an independentinstitute under the control of a governing body with its own constitution.
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