Definitions
1.nounAn organization founded to promote a cause"I work in a medical research institute."
2.nounAn institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects
3.nounThe building housing such an institution
4.nounThe act of instituting; institution.
5.nounThat which is instituted, established, or fixed, such as a law, habit, or custom.
6.nounThe person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.