institutes
IN-sti-toots/ˈɪnstɪt͡ʃuːts/UKIN-sti-choots/ˈɪnstɪt͡ʃuːts/
- 1Plural of institute. Use this form when talking about more than one.
Several research institutes worked together on the climate study.
The city's medical institutes train thousands of nurses each year.
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- 2Third-person singular of institute. Use this form with 'he', 'she', or 'it'.
The new principal institutes a strict no-phone rule every fall.
Whenever profits drop, the company institutes a hiring freeze.
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institutes is a form of institute
institute, noun: An organization that does research, teaches, or works for a cause, such as a college for science or technology. Full entry
- Forms
- instituteinstitutes plural
- Spelling
- institute → institutes: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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