institution
/ˌɪn.stɪˈtu.ʃən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.41 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A long-established organization or type of organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Any facility where people (especially those who are mentally or physically disabled or sick, or who are prisoners) are committed (confined), where their freedom to leave is restricted.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The University of the South Pacific is the only internationally accredited institution of higher education in Oceania."
- "[…] these professors of Little Red Schoolhouse-education did not themselves remain in the isolated and handicapped little institution they glorify."
- "It is a common misconception […] that the American Mob began as an Italian institution transplanted directly from Sicily."
- "As both a social and a religious institution, the parish provided "the support and help" that the immigrants needed in the New World."
- "It was Murray's determination that finally motivated Nathan to agree to purchase the restaurant and convert it to the Coney Island-named institution, Nathan's Famous."
- "Who could be against reason, science, humanism, or progress? The words seem saccharine, the ideals unexceptionable. They define the missions of all the institutions of modernity—schools, hospitals, charities, news agencies, democratic governments, international organizations. Do these ideals really need a defense? They absolutely do. Since the 1960s, trust in the institutions of modernity has sunk, and the second decade of the 21st century saw the rise of populist movements that blatantly repudiate the ideals of the Enlightenment."
Etymology
From Middle English institucioun, from Old French institution, from Latin institūtiō, from instituō (“to set up”), from in- (“in, on”) + statuō (“to set up, establish”). Equivalent to institute + -ion.
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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɪn.stɪˈtu.ʃən/