institution
noun
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Sense 1 noun
an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
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Sense 2 noun
an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
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Sense 3 noun
a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society
the institution of marriage
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Sense 4 noun
the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
she looked forward to her initiation as an adult
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Sense 5 noun
a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | institutional |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | institutional |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | organization |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | medical institution |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | financial institution |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | issuer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | charity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | company |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | organized religion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vicariate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | educational institution |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | honorary society |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | institutional |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | establishment |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | nursing home |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | orphans' asylum |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | penal institution |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | custom |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | levirate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | initiate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | initiate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | innovate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | institute |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | create |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | institutionalize |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | launch |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | arise |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | groundbreaking |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | commencement |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | authorship |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | institutionalize |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | institutional |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | hospital |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | booby hatch |