A custom or practice of a society or community. / A long established and respected organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.

plural of institution

Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or organized along the lines of an institution. / Instituted by authority. / Elementary; rudimentary. / Arising from the practice of an institution.

An organization founded to promote a cause / An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects / The building housing such an institution

(transitive) To begin or initiate (something); to found. / (obsolete, transitive) To train, instruct. / To nominate; to appoint.

(obsolete) Established; organized; founded.

simple past tense and past participle of institute

present participle of institute

plural of institute

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of institute