Understanding the meaning of institution

institution

/,ɪnstɪ'tuʃən/

noun
an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
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establishment

type of:
organisation organization
noun
the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
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creation foundation founding initiation innovation instauration introduction origination

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beginning start commencement
noun
a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
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asylum insane asylum mental home mental hospital mental institution psychiatric hospital

type of:
infirmary hospital
noun
a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society
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"the institution of marriage" "the institution of slavery" "he had become an institution in the theater"

type of:
custom tradition
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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type of:
establishment

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