institution

Other forms of institution

plural

institutions·

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 institution

What does institution mean?

institution means "an organization founded and united for a specific purpose". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in institution?

institution has 4 syllables: in-sti-tu-tion. The stress falls on "tu". In IPA it is /ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃən/.

What is another word for institution?

Close synonyms include establishment, initiation, founding, foundation, origination. 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 institution a common word?

institution 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 institution?

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