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institutions definition
institutions |
Grep of noun institution correctional institution depository financial institution educational institution financial institution institution lending institution medical institution mental institution nondepository financial institution penal institution thrift institution Overview of noun institution The noun institution has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (26) institution, establishment -- (an organization founded and united for a specific purpose) 2. (2) institution -- (an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated) 3. (1) institution -- (a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society; "the institution of marriage"; "he had become an institution in the theater") 4. (1) initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, instauration -- (starting something for the first time) 5. mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, institution, mental home, insane asylum, asylum -- (a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person) Overview of noun institution The noun institution has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (26) institution, establishment -- (an organization founded and united for a specific purpose) 2. (2) institution -- (an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated) 3. (1) institution -- (a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society; "the institution of marriage"; "he had become an institution in the theater") 4. (1) initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, instauration -- (starting something for the first time) 5. mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, institution, mental home, insane asylum, asylum -- (a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person)
institutions definition