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institutes

in·sti·tute
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [in-sti-toot, -tyoot]
    • /ˈɪn stɪˌtut, -ˌtyut/
    • /ˈɪn.stɪ.tjuːt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [in-sti-toot, -tyoot]
    • /ˈɪn stɪˌtut, -ˌtyut/

Definitions of institutes word

  • verb with object institutes to set up; establish; organize: to institute a government. 1
  • verb with object institutes to inaugurate; initiate; start: to institute a new course in American literature. 1
  • verb with object institutes to set in operation: to institute a lawsuit. 1
  • verb with object institutes to bring into use or practice: to institute laws. 1
  • verb with object institutes to establish in an office or position. 1
  • verb with object institutes Ecclesiastical. to assign to or invest with a spiritual charge, as of a parish. 1

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Origin of institutes

First appearance:

before 1275
One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; Middle English < Latin institūtus past participle of instituere to set, put up, establish, equivalent to in- in-2 + -stitū- (combining form of statū-, stem of statuere to make stand) + -tus past participle suffix

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Parts of speech for Institutes

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

institutes popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

institutes usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for institutes

noun institutes

verb institutes

  • initiates — to begin, set going, or originate: to initiate major social reforms.
  • installs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of install.
  • fixes — Plural form of fix.
  • pioneers — a historical novel (1823) by James Fenimore Cooper.

Antonyms for institutes

verb institutes

  • ends — Plural form of end.
  • finishes — Plural form of finish.
  • ruinsruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
  • stops — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
  • halts — Plural form of halt.

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