institute

Meaning

Noun

1. An organization founded to promote a cause
2. An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects
3. The building housing such an institution.
4. (obsolete) The act of instituting; institution.
5. (obsolete) That which is instituted, established, or fixed, such as a law, habit, or custom.
6. The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.

Verb

1. To begin or initiate (something); to found.
2. (obsolete) To train, instruct.
3. To nominate; to appoint.
4. To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.

Adj

Established; organized; founded.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪnstɪt(j)uːt/

Etymology

From French institut, from Middle French, from Latin īnstitūtum.

Sentences

It was developed by the International Rice Research Institute .

Kravchuk held a mathematics chair at the Kiev Polytechnic Institute .

The institute is currently presided by Niranjan Hirandani, Managing Director of Hiranandani Constructions .