Institute Meaning
/ˈɪnstɪtjuːt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn organization founded to promote a cause
nounAn institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects
Sentence Examples
We have established the institute with a view to facilitating the research.
The research institute was established in the late 1960s.
He bestowed a large amount of money on the institute.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The new law will ____ stricter regulations for carbon emissions starting next year.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The famous research ____ in Zurich is known for its major scientific breakthroughs in physics.
Word Origin & History
From French institut, from Middle French, from Latin īnstitūtum.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"water sanctified by Christ's institute"
— 1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC:
"They made a sort of institute and digest of anarchy."
— 1837, Robert Huish, The History of the Life and Reign of William IV, the Reform Monarch of England,:
"to make the Stoic institutes thy own"
— 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Fifth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
"Substitution is the nomination of substituted heirs, who take place, failing the institute."
— 1681, Viscount Stair, The Institutions of the Law of Scotland:
"And haply institute / A course of learning and ingenious studies."
— c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The new law will ____ stricter regulations for carbon emissions starting next year.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The famous research ____ in Zurich is known for its major scientific breakthroughs in physics.