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Plural of institution

regular plural

The plural of institution is institutions.

Forms of institution

Singularinstitution /ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/
Pluralinstitutions /ˌɪn.stɪˈtjuː.ʃənz/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Institutions in a sentence

  • They define the missions of all the institutions of modernity—schools, hospitals, charities, news agencies, democratic governments, international organizations.2018, Steven Pinker, “Chapter 3: Counter-Enlightenments”, in Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress...
  • This particular school places great emphasis on the historicity of ideas, practices, or institutions.From the entry historicity
  • The fossil fuel divestment movement is calling on institutions to divest from the companies causing climate change.From the entry divestment
  • It feels painful to begin seeing clearly, that you’ve been deceived by the very people and institutions you trusted to guide you.From the entry deceive
  • There are some brilliant new approaches being created at grass-roots level, but it is taking a long time for them to filter up to the larger institutions.From the entry filter up

Meaning of institution

  1. noun A long-established organization or type of organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.
  2. noun A custom or practice of a society or community.
  3. noun The building or buildings which house such an organization.

Full definition of institution

Questions about the plural of institution

What is the plural of institution?
The plural of institution is institutions.
Is institution countable?
Institution is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: institution (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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