institute – Organisation set up for religious, educational, professional or social purposes
(Pronounced In-sti-tute)
To remember the definition of the word institute, use the following mnemonic:
Instant tutor (institute), it said on the packet. Just add water and you grew instant science and instant education; you got the whole organisation.
Examples of institute in a sentence
The town possesses a literary and scientific institute.
The institute had 55 instructors and 650 students in 1910; in 2019 it was quadruple those numbers.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Franklin Institute science museum are popular draws.