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How to pronounce institution in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms establishment
Type of organisation, organization
Has types vicarship, charity, company, educational institution, faith, financial institution, financial organisation, financial organization, honorary society, issuer, medical institution, organized religion, religion, vicariate, academy
Derivation institutional
Type Words
Synonyms creation, foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, introduction, origination
Type of beginning, start, commencement
Has types authorship, paternity
Derivation institute, institutionalise
Type Words
Synonyms asylum, insane asylum, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital
Type of infirmary, hospital
Has types madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, snake pit, booby hatch, sanatorium, bedlam, funny farm, funny house, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, loony bin
Derivation institutionalize, institutionalise, institutional
Type Words
Type of custom, tradition
Has types levirate


the institution of marriage.
the institution of slavery.
he had become an institution in the theater.
Type Words
Type of establishment
Has types nursing home, rest home, penal facility, penal institution, home, orphans' asylum, orphanage
Derivation institutional

Examples of institution

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The Coliseum Cafe is a dimly lit, barely decorated and much-beloved institution.
From the online.wsj.com
I feel that we played our role as we were supposed to as an African institution.
From the cnn.com
Marriage is an institution that predates the modern state by thousands of years.
From the suntimes.com
Men built every single civilization, city, and major institution on this planet.
From the forbes.com
If there is a university doctor at your institution, they will be your best bet.
From the independent.co.uk
You need to look good to get into what is another Monaco night-time institution.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Traina said revenues have gone up from the day the institution opened its doors.
From the sacbee.com
If there was any institution responsible for the celebration, it was the Church.
From the theatlantic.com
The uprisings in the Middle East call attention to the institution of democracy.
From the theatlantic.com
More examples
  • An organization founded and united for a specific purpose
  • An establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
  • A custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society; "the institution of marriage"; "the institution of slavery"; "he had become an institution in the theater"
  • Initiation: the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"
  • Mental hospital: a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
  • Institutions are structures and mechanisms of social order and cooperation governing the behavior of a set of individuals within a given human collectivity. ...
  • The notion of institution has been created by Joseph Goguen and Rod Burstall in the late 1970's in order to deal with the "population explosion among the logical systems used in computer science". The notion tries to capture the essence of the concept of "logical system". ...
  • An established organisation, especially one dedicated to education, public service, culture or the care of the destitute, poor etc; The building which houses such an organisation; A custom or practice of a society or community - marriage for example; A person long established with a certain ...
  • (Institutional) buildings, which includes hospitals, governmental, academic, and so on.