Past tense of institutionalize
regular verb
The past tense of institutionalize is institutionalized. The past participle is also institutionalized.
Forms of institutionalize
| Base form (V1) | institutionalize /ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəˌlaɪz/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | institutionalized |
| Past participle (V3) | institutionalized |
| Present participle | institutionalizing |
| Third person singular | institutionalizes |
Institutionalized in a sentence
- It is very difficult to get bureaucracies to abandon their institutionalized practices.From the entry institutionalized
- Once a potential employer learns that you've been institutionalized, you can forget about getting the job.From the entry institutionalized
- But over the last two generations, fund management has institutionalized and industrialized.2025 November 14, John Authers, “Has Passive Investing Grown Too Big to Proxy? The inconvenient truth of shareholder detachment surfaces…. From the entry big three
- During the course of two centuries, forty-one states institutionalized anti-miscegenation laws.2024 October 8, Nishant Upadhyay, Indians on Indian Lands: Intersections of Race, Caste, and Indigeneity, University of Illinois Press…. From the entry chicane
- Authority stems from various psychological and sociopoliticoeconomic factors, which may or may not be institutionalized and legitimized.1991, H. Lee Swanson, Steven R. Forness, Handbook on the Assessment of Learning Disabilities: Theory, Research, and Practice, page 40. From the entry sociopoliticoeconomic
Meaning of institutionalize
- verb To establish as a normal practice.
- verb To commit a person to confinement in an institution.
Questions about the past tense of institutionalize
- What is the past tense of institutionalize?
- The past tense of institutionalize is institutionalized.
- What is the past participle of institutionalize?
- The past participle of institutionalize is institutionalized.
- Is institutionalize a regular or irregular verb?
- Institutionalize is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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