institution

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English

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”).

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Noun

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institution (countable and uncountable, plural institutions)

  2. A custom or practice of a society or community.
    The institution of marriage is present in many cultures but its details vary widely across them.
  4. A long established and respected organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.
    The University of the South Pacific is the only internationally accredited institution of higher education in Oceania.
  6. The building or buildings which house such an organization.
    He's been in an institution since the crash.
  8. (informal) Ellipsis of mental institution.
  10. (informal) Any long established and respected place or business.
    Over time, the local pub has become something of an institution.
    • 2009 February 19, Gareth Lewis, “Giles Coren slams Winchester pub The Wykeham Arms”, in Southern Daily Echo‎:
      [quoting Giles Coren] "The Wykeham Arms [a pub] is destroyed. They have turned a great old English institution into a shameful clip-joint. It's a shuddering, howling tragedy."
  12. (informal) A person long established in a place, position, or field.
    She's not just any old scholar; she is an institution.
  14. The act of instituting something.
    The institution of higher speed limits was a popular move but increased the severity of crashes.
    • 1894, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough‎:
      Accordingly if we can show that a barbarous custom, like that of the priesthood of Nemi, has existed elsewhere; if we can detect the motives which led to its institution; if we can prove that these motives have operated widely, perhaps universally, in human society...
  16. (Christianity) The act by which a bishop commits a cure of souls to a priest. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?)
  18. (obsolete) That which institutes or instructs, particularly a textbook or system of elements or rules.
  20. (informal) Ellipsis of correctional institution.

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Danish

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Etymology

From Latin īnstitūtiō.

Noun

institution c (singular definite institutionen, plural indefinite institutioner)

  1. institution

Inflection

Declension of institution
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative institution institutionen institutioner institutionerne
genitive institutions institutionens institutioners institutionernes

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French

Etymology

From Latin īnstitūtiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃s.ti.ty.sjɔ̃/
  • Audio: "contre institution"(file)

Noun

institution f (plural institutions)

  1. institution

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin īnstitūtiō.

Noun

institution c

  1. an institution (an established organization)
  2. an institution (a habit)
  3. an institution (a person)
  4. a department (at a university)
    datavetenskapliga institutionen
    department of computer science
    institutionen för fysik
    department of physics

Declension

Declension of institution 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative institution institutionen institutioner institutionerna
Genitive institutions institutionens institutioners institutionernas

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