{
    "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."
}