Definition of "institute" in English

noun

1. An organization founded to promote a cause

   • I work in a medical research institute.

2. An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects

3. The building housing such an institution.

4. (obsolete) The act of instituting; institution.

5. (obsolete) That which is instituted, established, or fixed, such as a law, habit, or custom.

6. (law, Scotland) The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.

verb

1. (transitive) To begin or initiate (something); to found.

   • He instituted the new policy of having children walk through a metal detector to enter school.

2. (obsolete, transitive) To train, instruct.

3. To nominate; to appoint.

4. (ecclesiastical, law) To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.

adjective

1. (obsolete) Established; organized; founded.