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How to pronounce institute
Say it like this: /ˈɪnstəˌtut/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does institute mean?
nounAn organization founded to promote a cause
“I work in a medical research institute.”
An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects
The building housing such an institution.
verbTo begin or initiate (something); to found.
“He instituted the new policy of having children walk through a metal detector to enter school.”
To train, instruct.
“If children were early instituted, knowledge would insensibly insinuate itself.”
To nominate; to appoint.
“We institute your Grace / To be our regent in these parts of France.”
adjEstablished; organized; founded.
“They have but few laws. For to a people so instruct and institute, very few to suffice.”
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