institute

1. 1.

   an association organized to promote art or science or education

   Broaderassociation

Other forms of institute

plural

institutes·

past tense

instituted·

present participle

instituting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about institute

What does institute mean?

institute means "set up or lay the groundwork for". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in institute?

institute has 3 syllables: in-sti-tute. The stress falls on "in". In IPA it is /ˈɪnstəˌtut/.

What is another word for institute?

Close synonyms include establish, found, plant, constitute, bring. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is institute a common word?

institute is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with institute?

7 words rhyme with institute. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.