institute

v

1. found, establish, start, give rise to, create, originate, bring into being, bring about; set up, organize, develop.

2. inaugurate, break ground, lay the foundation, lay the first stone; introduce, launch, broach, usher in; initiate, actuate, instigate, set in motion, start the ball rolling, take the first step, take the initiative, take the plunge, make a start, break the ice; open, pioneer, lead off; beget, engender, father, conceive, give birth to, sow the seeds of, produce, occasion, bring on.

3. begin, commence, get [s.t.] going, start [s.t.] off, get [s.t.] under way, put [s.t.] into operation.

n

4. society, association, alliance, league, union, guild, consortium; organization, affiliation.

5. academy, seminary, school, college, university, educational establishment, conservatory, polytechnic; learned association or institution, athenaeum, fellowship of artists or scientists, research center, foundation, developmental organization, Inf. think tank.

6. training center, preparatory school, Inf. prep school, private school, Brit. public school, boarding school, day school, finishing school; classical school, Latin school, (in Germany) gymnasium.