Look up: institution

1. institution
   [n] - an organization founded and united for a specific purpose 2. [n] - a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society 3. [n] - an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
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2. Institution
   An established organisation or corporation
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3. Institution
   In`sti·tu'tion noun [ Latin institutio : confer French institution .] 1. The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school. « The institution<...
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4. institution
   1. The act or process of instituting; as: Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school. 'The institution of God's law is described as being established by solemn injunction.' (Hooker) ... Instruction; education. ... The act or ceremony of investing a clergyman with the spiri...
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5. institution
   establishment noun an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
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6. institution
   noun an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
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7. institution
   noun a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society; `the institution of marriage`; `the institution of slavery`; `he had become an institution in the theater`
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8. institution
   There are several definitions. Here's one: 'An institution is a social mechanism through which men work together for common or like ends. It is a necessary arrangement wherever regulated group behavior over a broad field of activity is found. It is opposed in sociological thought to 'face to face' g...
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9. Institution
   • (n.) An established or organized society or corporation; an establishment, especially of a public character, or affecting a community; a foundation; as, a literary institution; a charitable institution; also, a building or the buildings occupied or used by such organization; as, the Smithsoni...
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10. institution
    (from the article `international relations`) On the other side of the structures-institutions debate have been the neoliberal institutionalists, who contend that institutions matter beyond ...
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11. Institution
    An organization such as a mutual fund or investment trust that invests on behalf of other parties. Discover What It`s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
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12. Institution
    An `institution` is any structure or mechanism of social order and cooperation governing the behavior of a set of individuals within a given human community. Institutions are identified with a social purpose and permanence, transcending individual human lives and intentions, and with the making and ...
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13. Institution
    (computer science) The notion of `institution` has been created by Joseph Goguen and Rod Burstall in the late 1970`s in order to deal with the "population explosion among the logical systems used in With this, it is possible to develop concepts of specification languages (like structurin...
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