noun
institute
IN-stih-toot/ˈɪnstɪtuːt/
An organized establishment for concentrated education or research.
The institute brings students and researchers together to study and learn.
Etymology
Putting something in place gives the image of a “thing set up,” the literal meaning of the ancestral noun. This developed into the sense of an organization established for specialized work.
In context
the institute located at cambridge university is a center for the furtherance of knowledge about antarctica and the arctic
More examples
- She works at an institute that studies childhood diseases.
- Two research institutes share the laboratory.
- Teachers attend a weeklong summer institute on reading instruction.
Forms
institute · institutes
Similar words
- academy
- Usually emphasizes specialized teaching or training rather than research.
- center
- Can name a specialized unit within a larger organization.
- institution
- Broader term covering established organizations beyond education and research.