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{ "term": "institute", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "academic": true, "ox3000": true, "cefr": "b2", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "an organization that has a particular purpose, especially one that is connected with education or a particular profession; the building used by this organization", "sensetop": "institute of somethingat an institute", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The report was compiled by Germany's five leading economic **research institutes**." }, { "text": "The course is offered at six colleges and institutes of higher education.", "contextForm": "institute of something" }, { "text": "He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants." }, { "text": "She was a senior researcher at the institute.", "contextForm": "at an institute" }, { "text": "He is a key figure in the Institute of Mathematics." }, { "text": "She belongs to the Chartered Institute of Management." }, { "text": "He used to give lectures at the Mechanics' Institute." }, { "text": "The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome." }, { "text": "The environmental research institute found that the global average temperature had risen by 1.2°C." }, { "text": "The research was funded by the National Cancer Institute." }, { "text": "a national institute dedicated to treating people with eating disorders" }, { "text": "a non-profit research institute dedicated to research in the public interest" }, { "text": "an institute providing opportunities to graduates" }, { "text": "the International Institute for Economic Development" }, { "text": "She is a professor at Glasgow University's Institute of Law and Ethics in Medicine." }, { "text": "the Dundee Institute of Technology." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["professional", "independent", "non-profit"], "verb + institute": ["establish", "found", "set up"], "institute + verb": [ "be dedicated to", "fund something", "support something" ], "preposition": [ "at an/​the institute", "in an/​the institute", "within an/​the institute" ], "phrases": ["a founder of an institute", "a member of an institute"] } } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈɪnstɪtjuːt/", "audio": "in/institute/institute__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈɪnstɪtuːt/", "audio": "in/institute/institute__us_2.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Middle English (originally meaning to appoint someone to a position): from Latin institut- ‘established’, from the verb instituere, from in- ‘in, towards’ + statuere ‘set up’. The noun is from Latin institutum ‘something designed, precept’, neuter past participle of instituere; the current sense dates from the early 19th cent." }