institution
noun/ˌɪnstɪˈtuːʃn/
Слово англійською: institution
Переклад institution українською: установа
Детальний опис
- [countable] a large important organization that has a particular purpose, for example a university or bank
- The deal is backed by one of the country's largest financial institutions.
- He has worked as a visiting lecturer for various educational institutions.
- The system is targeted mainly at academic and research institutions.
- the Smithsonian Institution
- institution of something The region boasts several institutions of higher education.
- [countable] (usually disapproving) a hospital, prison or other building where people are made to stay and are cared for
- They had him committed to an institution.
- We want this to be like a home, not an institution.
- [countable] a custom or system that has existed for a long time among a particular group of people
- He claimed this threatened ‘the sacred institution of marriage’.
- Fish and chips became a national institution in Britain.
- [uncountable] the act of starting or introducing something such as a system or a law
- the institution of new safety procedures
- [countable] (informal, humorous) a person who is well known because they have been in a particular place or job for a long time
- You must know him—he's an institution around here!
Word Originlate Middle English (in senses (3) and (4)): via Old French from Latin institutio(n-), from the verb instituere, from in- ‘in, towards’ + statuere ‘set up’. Sense (1) dates from the early 18th cent.