Meaning

Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or organized along the lines of an institution..

Definitions by Sense

1. Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or organized along the lines of an institution.
2. Instituted by authority.
3. Elementary; rudimentary.
4. Arising from the practice of an institution.
5. A client that is an organization rather than an individual.
6. (politics) A Chilean senator who is appointed by the president for a term of eight years.
7. A community where the majority of inhabitants work at an institution (as opposed to industry or trade), or one such inhabitant.
8. An institutionalized person.

Example Sentences

Swindon's Model Lodging House was originally designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The 1847-1849 recession led to delays and plan revisions, including smaller windows in the finished structure, resulting in a more 'institutional' appearance.

The main concerns for young Indonesians are quality of life, corruption, institutional integrity and the environment, including air pollution, said Abigail Limuria, co-founder of Bijak Memilih, an independent, youth-led movement providing information on political parties, issues and candidates to voters.

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There must be an unequivocal acceptance of the problem of institutional racism and its nature before it can be addressed

Few public relations people have learned to communicate effectively with the funds, meet their needs, and maintain a balance between institutionals and individual round lot holders.

At a later stage one could imagine some institutionals occasionally or even systematically engaging in law suits against companies or their directors to influence the company's conduct.

Even during the distribution of the public capital assets "free of charge", the case of Czech Republic showed, that the restructuring of property, esp. in the concentrated institutional form of "institutionals", leads to a conservation of some essential dysfunctions of the past system.

Institutionals, especially also foreign institutionals have increased their holdings in the Belgian companies, with some effect on governance techniques.

Word Forms

• more institutional
• most institutional
• institutionals

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