An institution is a large important organization such as a university, church, or bank.
...the Institution of Civil Engineers.
Class size varies from one type of institution to another.
The Hong Kong Bank is Hong Kong's largest financial institution.
Synonyms: establishment, body, centre, school More Synonyms of institution
2. countable noun
An institution is a building where certain people are looked after, for example people who are mentally ill or children who have no parents.
Larry has been in an institution since he was four.
He visited various penal institutions in the United Kingdom in the late 1930s.
3. countable noun
An institution is a custom or system that is considered an important or typical feature of a particular society or group, usually because it has existed for a long time.
I believe in the institution of marriage. [+ of]
...the institution of the family.
Synonyms: custom, practice, tradition, law More Synonyms of institution
4. uncountable noun
The institution of a new system is the act of starting it or bringing it in.
There was never an official institution of censorship in Albania. [+ of]
...the institution of the forty-hour week.
Synonyms: creation, introduction, establishment, investment More Synonyms of institution
More Synonyms of institution
institution in British English
(ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃən)
noun
1.
the act of instituting
2.
an organization or establishment founded for a specific purpose, such as a hospital, church, company, or college
3.
the building where such an organization is situated
4.
an established custom, law, or relationship in a society or community
5. Also called: institutional investor
a large organization, such as an insurance company, bank, or pension fund, that has substantial sums to invest on a stock exchange
6. informal
a constant feature or practice
our monthly gathering was an institution
7.
the appointment or admission of an incumbent to an ecclesiastical office or pastoral charge
8. Christian theology
the creation of a sacrament by Christ, esp the Eucharist
Derived forms
institutionary (ˌinstiˈtutionary)
adjective
institution in American English
(ˌɪnstəˈtuʃən; ˌɪnstəˈtjuʃən)
noun
1.
an instituting or being instituted; establishment
2.
an established law, custom, practice, system, etc.
3.
a.
an organization, society, or corporation, having a public character, as a school, church, bank, hospital, etc.
b.
the building housing such an organization
4.
a person or thing long established in a place
Word origin
ME institucion < OFr < L institutio
institution in Insurance
(ɪnstɪtuʃən)
Word forms: (regular plural) institutions
noun
(Insurance: General)
An institution is a large organization such as an insurance company or a bank that has large sumsof money to invest on a stock exchange.
The financial crisis shook many people's confidence in the institutions that traditionally provided guarantees or insurance against such events.
Insurance products shift the responsibility of providing lifetime income from theindividual to the institution selling the product, typically insurance companies.
An institution is a large organization such as an insurance company or a bank that has large sumsof money to invest on a stock exchange.
Examples of 'institution' in a sentence
institution
Duffy's was a curiously popular hangout that over the years had become something of a local institution.
James Grippando A KING'S RANSOM (2001)
In other languages
institution
British English: institution /ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃən/ NOUN
An institution is a large organization such as a parliament, a school, or a bank.
...financial institutions.
American English: institution
Arabic: مُؤَسَّسَةٌ
Brazilian Portuguese: instituição
Chinese: 公共机构
Croatian: ustanova
Czech: instituce
Danish: institution
Dutch: institutie
European Spanish: institución
Finnish: laitos
French: institution
German: Institution
Greek: ίδρυμα
Italian: istituzione
Japanese: 機関 組織
Korean: 기관
Norwegian: institusjon
Polish: instytucja
European Portuguese: instituição
Romanian: instituție
Russian: учреждение
Latin American Spanish: institución
Swedish: institution
Thai: สถาบัน
Turkish: kurum enstitü
Ukrainian: установа
Vietnamese: cơ quan tổ chức
All related terms of 'institution'
Royal Institution
a British society founded in 1799 for the dissemination of scientific knowledge
peculiar institution
black slavery in the southern U.S. before the Civil War
Smithsonian Institution
a national museum and institution in Washington , DC, founded in 1846 from a bequest by James Smithson , primarily concerned with ethnology , zoology , and astrophysics
British Standards Institution
an association , founded in London in 1901, that establishes and maintains standards for units of measurements , clothes sizes , technical terminology , etc, as used in Britain
young offender institution
(in Britain ) a place where offenders aged 15 to 21 may be detained and given training , instruction , and work
young offenders institution
(in Britain ) a place where offenders aged 15 to 21 may be detained and given training , instruction , and work
thrift
Thrift is the quality and practice of being careful with money and not wasting things.