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institution 
(TTS Sound)
(TTS Sound)KK Pronunciation
〔 ˏInstәˋtuʃәn,-ˋtju- 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˏinstiˊtjuːʃәn 〕
Overview of noun institution
The noun institution has 5 senses
- institution, establishment -- (an organization founded and united for a specific purpose)
- institution -- (an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated)
- institution -- (a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society; "the institution of marriage"; "the institution of slavery"; "he had become an institution in the theater")
- initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration -- (the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society")
- mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, institution, mental home, insane asylum, asylum -- (a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person)