institute
pronunciation
How to pronounce institute in British English:
UK [ˈɪnstɪtjuːt]
How to pronounce institute in American English:
US [ˈɪnstɪtuːt]
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- Noun:
- an association organized to promote art or science or education
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- Verb:
- set up or lay the groundwork for
- avance or set forth in court
Word Origin
- institute
- institute: [15] An institute is etymologically something ‘established’ or ‘set up’. Its ancestor is Latin instituere ‘establish’, a compound verb formed from the prefix in- and statuere ‘set up’ (itself a derivative of stāre ‘stand’ and source of English prostitute, statute, etc). The noun derived from this was institūtum, which meant ‘purpose, plan, practice’.Word and senses were taken over as a package by English, but these meanings are now dead or dying, having been taken over since the 19th century by ‘organization that promotes a particular cause or pursuit’ (this originated in French at the end of the 18th century). The verb institute, however, remains far closer to the original Latin meaning.=> prostitute, stand, station, statute
- institute (v.)
- early 14c., "to establish in office, appoint," from Latin institutus, past participle of instituere "to set up," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + statuere "establish, to cause to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand," with derivatives meaning "place or thing that is standing" (see stet). General sense of "set up, found, introduce" first attested late 15c. Related: Instituted; instituting.
- institute (n.)
- 1510s, "purpose, design," from institute (v.). From 1540s as "an established law." The sense of "organization, society" is from 1828, borrowed from French Institut national des Sciences et des Arts, established 1795 to replace the royal academies, from Latin institutum, neuter past participle of instituere.
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Example
- 1. The institute of human continuity is not real .
- 2. Richard dobbs is a director of the mckinsey global institute .
- 3. The institute doesn 't provide scholarships , she said .
- 4. Five days later the institute announced that january 's inflation was 1.1 % .
- 5. The institute for supply management 's manufacturing index came in lower than expected .