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Definition of institution

"institution" in the noun sense

1. institution, establishment

an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

2. institution

an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated

3. institution

a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society

"the institution of marriage"

"the institution of slavery"

"he had become an institution in the theater"

4. initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration

the act of starting something for the first time introducing something new

"she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"

"the foundation of a new scientific society"

5. mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, institution, mental home, insane asylum, asylum

a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for institution

Masked balls are a merciful institution for ugly people.

Ingersoll's atheism can never become an institution; it can never be more than a destitution. [ Robert Collyer ]

There never was a great truth but it was reverenced: never a great institution, nor a great man, that did not, sooner or later, receive the reverence of mankind. [ Theodore Parker ]

Is not marriage an open question when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in? [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

The true greatness and the true happiness of a country consist in wisdom; in that enlarged and comprehensive wisdom which includes education, knowledge, religion, virtue, freedom, with every influence which advances and every institution which supports them. [ Henry Giles ]

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institution in Scrabble®

The word institution is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters institution:

INSTITUTION
(108)
INSTITUTION
(108)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

intuits, nonsuit, tuition

 

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In institution

INSTITUTION
(108)
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TUITION
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institution in Words With Friends™

The word institution is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters institution:

INSTITUTION
(180)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

intuits, nonsuit, tuition

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word institution

INSTITUTION
(180)
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(162)
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(96)
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(68)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In institution

INSTITUTION
(180)
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(162)
INSTITUTION
(162)
INSTITUTION
(96)
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(96)
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Words within the letters of institution

2 letter words in institution (11 words)

inisitnonuonossotounus

3 letter words in institution (19 words)

inninsionitsnitnosnotnunnusnutoutsinsitsonsotsuntintontot

4 letter words in institution (21 words)

innsintoionsnitsnounnunsnutsonusoustoutssnitsnotstunsuittinstinttonstotstoutunitunto

5 letter words in institution (10 words)

nounssitinsnoutstintstoutstunttintstoutsunionunits

6 letter words in institution (7 words)

insituintuitnotistotitisoutsitunionsunison

7 letter words in institution (3 words)

intuitsnonsuittuition

8 letter words in institution (3 words)

tinnitustuitionsunionist

9 letter words in institution (1 word)

intuition

10 letter words in institution (1 word)

intuitions

11 letter words in institution (1 word)

institution

institution + 1 blank (3 words)

institutionsintuitionistnutritionist

institution + 2 blanks (5 words)

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Shorter words in institution

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