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in·sti·tu·tion·al·ize

(ĭn′stĭ-to͞o′shə-nə-līz′, -tyo͞o′-)

tr.v. in·sti·tu·tion·al·ized, in·sti·tu·tion·al·iz·ing, in·sti·tu·tion·al·iz·es

1. To make into, treat as, or give the character of an institution to: "The Irish institutionalized their language, requiring it on official documents" (Mark Abley).

2. To place (a person) in the care of an institution.

in′sti·tu′tion·al·i·za′tion (-lĭ-zā′shən) n.

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institutionalize

(ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəˌlaɪz) or

institutionalise

1. (tr; often passive) to subject to the deleterious effects of confinement in an institution: a mental patient who was institutionalized into boredom and apathy.

2. (tr) to place in an institution

3. to make or become an institution

ˌinstiˌtutionaliˈzation, ˌinstiˌtutionaliˈsation n

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in•sti•tu•tion•al•ize

(ˌɪn stɪˈtu ʃə nlˌaɪz, -ˈtyu-)

v.t. -ized, -iz•ing.

1. to make institutional.

2. to make into or treat as an institution: the danger of institutionalizing racism.

3. to place or confine in an institution.

[1860–65]

in`sti•tu`tion•al•i•za′tion, n.

institutionalize

Past participle: institutionalized
Gerund: institutionalizing

Imperative
institutionalize
institutionalize

Present
I institutionalize
you institutionalize
he/she/it institutionalizes
we institutionalize
you institutionalize
they institutionalize

Preterite
I institutionalized
you institutionalized
he/she/it institutionalized
we institutionalized
you institutionalized
they institutionalized

Present Continuous
I am institutionalizing
you are institutionalizing
he/she/it is institutionalizing
we are institutionalizing
you are institutionalizing
they are institutionalizing

Present Perfect
I have institutionalized
you have institutionalized
he/she/it has institutionalized
we have institutionalized
you have institutionalized
they have institutionalized

Past Continuous
I was institutionalizing
you were institutionalizing
he/she/it was institutionalizing
we were institutionalizing
you were institutionalizing
they were institutionalizing

Past Perfect
I had institutionalized
you had institutionalized
he/she/it had institutionalized
we had institutionalized
you had institutionalized
they had institutionalized

Future
I will institutionalize
you will institutionalize
he/she/it will institutionalize
we will institutionalize
you will institutionalize
they will institutionalize

Future Perfect
I will have institutionalized
you will have institutionalized
he/she/it will have institutionalized
we will have institutionalized
you will have institutionalized
they will have institutionalized

Future Continuous
I will be institutionalizing
you will be institutionalizing
he/she/it will be institutionalizing
we will be institutionalizing
you will be institutionalizing
they will be institutionalizing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been institutionalizing
you have been institutionalizing
he/she/it has been institutionalizing
we have been institutionalizing
you have been institutionalizing
they have been institutionalizing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been institutionalizing
you will have been institutionalizing
he/she/it will have been institutionalizing
we will have been institutionalizing
you will have been institutionalizing
they will have been institutionalizing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been institutionalizing
you had been institutionalizing
he/she/it had been institutionalizing
we had been institutionalizing
you had been institutionalizing
they had been institutionalizing

Conditional
I would institutionalize
you would institutionalize
he/she/it would institutionalize
we would institutionalize
you would institutionalize
they would institutionalize

Past Conditional
I would have institutionalized
you would have institutionalized
he/she/it would have institutionalized
we would have institutionalized
you would have institutionalized
they would have institutionalized

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Verb

institutionalize - cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"

institutionalise, commit, send, charge

transfer - move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital"

hospitalise, hospitalize - admit into a hospital; "Mother had to be hospitalized because her blood pressure was too high"

institutionalize

verb

To place officially in confinement:

commit, consign.

Informal: send up.

Translations

institutionaalistaalaitoshoitoonsijoittaavakiinnuttaa

istituzionalizzare far ricoverare internare

institutionalize

[ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃnəlaɪz] VT

1. (= put into institution) [+ patient] → internar en una institución

2. (= establish officially) [+ practices, values] → institucionalizar

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institutionalize

vt → institutionalisieren

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