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Past tense of institute

regular verb

The past tense of institute is instituted. The past participle is also instituted.

Forms of institute

Base form (V1)institute /ˈɪnstɪtjuːt/
Past tense (V2)instituted /ˈɪnstɪt(j)uːtɪd/
Past participle (V3)instituted /ˈɪnstɪt(j)uːtɪd/
Present participleinstituting
Third person singularinstitutes

Instituted in a sentence

  • He instituted the new policy of having children walk through a metal detector to enter school.
  • Overranging was instituted to take full advantage of the upper limits of a range .1985, Alvis J. Evans, Using Your Meter: VOM and DVM Multitesters, page 15. From the entry overranging
  • Helps has instituted for the boys at Han-ch‘uan, where he lives.1906 January, R. T. Booth, “Medical and Surgical Notes”, in China Medical Missionary Journal, volume XX, number 1, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 75. From the entry Han-ch'uan
  • Some states have instituted bans on spice and spicelike products.2016, Rosalind Charlesworth, Understanding Child Development. From the entry spicelike
  • Another exploitative device was instituted by Governor Sebastian Hurtado de Corcuera during the first half of the seventeenth century .1975, Renato Constantino, Letizia R. Constantino, The Philippines: A Past Revisited, page 51. From the entry bandala

Meaning of institute

  1. noun An organization founded to promote a cause.
  2. noun An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects.
  3. noun The building housing such an institution.

Full definition of institute

Questions about the past tense of institute

What is the past tense of institute?
The past tense of institute is instituted.
What is the past participle of institute?
The past participle of institute is instituted.
Is institute a regular or irregular verb?
Institute is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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