institution
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: Christianity
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.
Base: institute
Affixes: -ion
Inflected forms:
form: institutions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A custom or practice of a society or community.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The institution of marriage is present in many cultures but its details vary widely across them.
To the cynical observation that speech is given us to conceal our thoughts it might be added that eating and drinking enable us to hide our feelings. I think that is why food is an institution almost whenever human beings have anything to say to one another.
gloss: A long-established organization or type of organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The University of the South Pacific is the only internationally accredited institution of higher education in Oceania.
[…] these professors of Little Red Schoolhouse-education did not themselves remain in the isolated and handicapped little institution they glorify.
It is a common misconception […] that the American Mob began as an Italian institution transplanted directly from Sicily.
As both a social and a religious institution, the parish provided "the support and help" that the immigrants needed in the New World.
It was Murray's determination that finally motivated Nathan to agree to purchase the restaurant and convert it to the Coney Island-named institution, Nathan's Famous.
Who could be against reason, science, humanism, or progress? The words seem saccharine, the ideals unexceptionable. They define the missions of all the institutions of modernity—schools, hospitals, charities, news agencies, democratic governments, international organizations. Do these ideals really need a defense? They absolutely do. Since the 1960s, trust in the institutions of modernity has sunk, and the second decade of the 21st century saw the rise of populist movements that blatantly repudiate the ideals of the Enlightenment.
gloss: The building or buildings which house such an organization.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: He's been in an institution since the crash.
gloss: A mental institution.
pos: noun
tags: countable
informal
uncountable
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Any long established and respected place or business.
pos: noun
tags: countable
informal
uncountable
examples: Over time, the local pub has become something of an institution.
[quoting Giles Coren] "The Wykeham Arms [a pub] is destroyed. They have turned a great old English institution into a shameful clip-joint. It's a shuddering, howling tragedy."
gloss: A person long established in a place, position, or field.
pos: noun
tags: countable
informal
uncountable
examples: She's not just any old scholar; she is an institution.
gloss: The act of instituting something.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The institution of higher speed limits was a popular move but increased the severity of crashes.
Accordingly if we can show that a barbarous custom, like that of the priesthood of Nemi, has existed elsewhere; if we can detect the motives which led to its institution; if we can prove that these motives have operated widely, perhaps universally, in human society...
gloss: The act by which a bishop commits a cure of souls to a priest.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: That which institutes or instructs, particularly a textbook or system of elements or rules.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
gloss: A correctional institution.
pos: noun
tags: countable
informal
uncountable
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:
lang: Albanian
word: institucion
lang: Arabic
word: مُؤَسَّسَة
roman: muʔassasa
lang: Armenian
word: հաստատություն
roman: hastatutʻyun
lang: Armenian
word: հիմնում
roman: himnum
lang: Armenian
word: ինստիտուտ
roman: institut
lang: Azerbaijani
word: müəssisə
lang: Azerbaijani
word: quruluş
lang: Belarusian
word: устано́ва
roman: ustanóva
lang: Belarusian
word: арганіза́цыя
roman: arhanizácyja
lang: Belarusian
word: iнстыту́цыя
roman: instytúcyja
lang: Bulgarian
word: учрежде́ние
roman: učreždénie
lang: Bulgarian
word: институ́ция
roman: institúcija
lang: Bulgarian
word: организа́ция
roman: organizácija
lang: Catalan
word: institució
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 機關 /机关
roman: jīguān
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 機構 /机构
roman: jīgòu
lang: Czech
word: instituce
lang: Danish
word: institution
lang: Dutch
word: instelling
lang: Esperanto
word: institucio
lang: Finnish
word: instituutio
lang: Finnish
word: laitos
lang: Finnish
word: toimielin
lang: French
word: institution
lang: Galician
word: institución
lang: German
word: Institution
lang: Greek
word: ίδρυμα
roman: ídryma
lang: Hindi
word: संस्था
roman: sansthā
lang: Hindi
word: प्रतिष्ठान
roman: pratiṣṭhān
lang: Hindi
word: संस्थान
roman: sansthān
lang: Hungarian
word: intézmény
lang: Icelandic
word: stofnun
lang: Indonesian
word: institusi
lang: Italian
word: istituzione
lang: Japanese
word: 機構
roman: kikō
lang: Japanese
word: 機関
roman: kikan
lang: Kazakh
word: ведомство
roman: vedomstvo
lang: Kazakh
word: идара
roman: idara
lang: Korean
word: 기관
roman: gigwan
lang: Central Kurdish
word: دەزگا
roman: dezga
lang: Lao
word: ສະຖາບັນ
roman: sa thā ban
lang: Latvian
word: iestāde
lang: Macedonian
word: институција
roman: institucija
lang: Macedonian
word: установа
roman: ustanova
lang: Malayalam
word: സ്ഥാപനം
roman: sthāpanaṁ
lang: Māori
word: whareako
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: institusjon
lang: Iranian Persian
word: سازْمان
roman: sâzmân
lang: Iranian Persian
word: مُؤَسِّسِه
roman: mo'assese
lang: Iranian Persian
word: اِدارِه
roman: edâre
lang: Polish
word: instytucja
lang: Portuguese
word: instituição
lang: Romanian
word: instituție
lang: Russian
word: учрежде́ние
roman: učreždénije
lang: Russian
word: заведе́ние
roman: zavedénije
lang: Russian
word: организа́ция
roman: organizácija
lang: Russian
word: ве́домство
roman: védomstvo
lang: Russian
word: институ́ция
roman: institúcija
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: stèidheachadh
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: институ́ција
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: institúcija
lang: Sikkimese
word: ཉམ་ཞིབ་ཁང
roman: nyam zhib khang
lang: Slovak
word: inštitúcia
lang: Slovene
word: institucija
lang: Spanish
word: institución
lang: Swahili
word: taasisi
lang: Swahili
word: chuo
lang: Swedish
word: institut
lang: Tagalog
word: tatagin
lang: Tajik
word: муассиса
roman: muassisa
lang: Tajik
word: идора
roman: idora
lang: Tajik
word: ташкилот
roman: taškilot
lang: Thai
word: สถาบัน
roman: sà-tǎa-ban
lang: Turkish
word: müessese
lang: Turkish
word: kuruluş
lang: Turkish
word: kurum
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: قوروم
roman: kurum
lang: Ukrainian
word: устано́ва
roman: ustanóva
lang: Ukrainian
word: за́клад
roman: základ
lang: Ukrainian
word: організа́ція
roman: orhanizácija
lang: Ukrainian
word: інститу́ція
roman: instytúcija
lang: Urdu
word: اِدارَہ
roman: idāra
lang: Uzbek
word: muassasa
lang: Uzbek
word: idora
lang: Uzbek
word: tashkilot
lang: Vietnamese
word: cơ quan
lang: Vietnamese
word: thiết chế