English > institutionalise: 1 sense > verb 1, possession| Meaning | Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP |
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| Synonyms | commit, institutionalize, send, charge |
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| Narrower | hospitalize, hospitalise | Admit into a hospital / hospital |
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| Broader | transfer | Move from one place to another |
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| Spanish | enviar, ingresar, institucionalizar, internar |
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| Catalan | enviar, ingressar, institucionalitzar, internar |
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| Nouns | institution | the act of starting something for the first time |
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| institution | a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person |