institutionalize
gb/ˌɪnstɪtˈuʃənəlaɪz/ us/ˌɪnstɪtˈuʃənəlaɪz/
C1
Kiingereza
Maana
maana 0
Kitenzi
formal
C1
action
1
make standard or official
to make something a normal and official part of how a group, organization, or society works
Muundo wa matumizi:
institutionalize [something]
Kosa la kawaida:
Do not use it for simply starting something once; it suggests making it a lasting part of a system.
Visawe
formalize (emphasizes making something official or clearly structured)
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entrench (often suggests making something deeply established and hard to change, sometimes negatively)
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embed (emphasizes making something part of a larger system or culture)
Vinyume
abolish (means to officially end a practice or system)
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dismantle (means to break down an established system or structure)
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deinstitutionalize (means to remove something from an institutional or official structure)
Miunganiko ya maneno
institutionalize a practice
|institutionalize a process
|institutionalize a policy
|institutionalize reforms
|institutionalize change
|institutionalize procedures
|institutionalize racism
|institutionalize inequality
|institutionalize standards
|institutionalize best practices
Mada
organizations
|society
|business
|politics
|systems
Mifano
- The company is trying to institutionalize flexible working instead of treating it as a temporary benefit.
- The new law institutionalized regular public reporting on police misconduct.
- Critics argue that the old funding model institutionalized inequality between rich and poor districts.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- The school institutionalized weekly teacher meetings.
- The reform helped institutionalize better safety checks.
Kitenzi
formal
C1
action
2
place in an institution
to send someone to live in a hospital, care home, or similar place for care or control
Muundo wa matumizi:
institutionalize [someone]; institutionalize [someone] in/at [place]
Kosa la kawaida:
For an ordinary short hospital stay, hospitalize is usually more natural; institutionalize often suggests long-term or residential placement.
Visawe
commit (often refers specifically to legally sending someone to a psychiatric facility, sometimes involuntarily)
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hospitalize (broader and usually refers to admitting someone to a hospital, often temporarily)
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place in care (more neutral and commonly used for social-care settings)
Vinyume
release (means to allow someone to leave an institution)
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discharge (means to officially let a patient leave a hospital or care facility)
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deinstitutionalize (means to move people out of institutions into community-based care)
Miunganiko ya maneno
institutionalize a patient
|institutionalize a child
|institutionalize an elderly person
|institutionalize people with disabilities
|be institutionalized in a hospital
|be institutionalized for treatment
|involuntarily institutionalize someone
|wrongfully institutionalize someone
Mada
healthcare
|mental_health
|social_services
|law
|care
Mifano
- At that time, many people with mental illnesses were institutionalized for years.
- The court considered whether he should be institutionalized for treatment rather than sent to prison.
- She was institutionalized as a child and later spoke publicly about the experience.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- He was institutionalized after a serious mental health crisis.
- Many patients were institutionalized far from their families.
Kitenzi
formal
C1
process
3
make dependent on institutions
to make someone so used to living in an institution that normal life outside becomes difficult
Muundo wa matumizi:
institutionalize [someone]; be/get institutionalized
Kosa la kawaida:
This meaning is often used in the passive form, as in be institutionalized or become institutionalized.
Visawe
condition (emphasizes learning habits or responses through repeated experience)
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habituate (more formal and emphasizes becoming used to a situation)
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socialize (can mean training someone to fit a social system, not always negatively)
Vinyume
rehabilitate (means to help someone regain skills or independence)
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reintegrate (means to help someone return to ordinary community life)
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deinstitutionalize (means to move people away from institutional life and toward community living)
Miunganiko ya maneno
become institutionalized
|get institutionalized
|feel institutionalized
|long-term residents become institutionalized
|institutionalized by prison life
|institutionalized after years in care
|avoid institutionalizing patients
|risk of becoming institutionalized
Mada
psychology
|prisons
|healthcare
|social_services
|behavior
Mifano
- After decades in prison, some people become institutionalized and struggle to make everyday decisions.
- The program aims to support residents without institutionalizing them.
- Former patients said the strict routines had institutionalized them and made independent living hard.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- After many years inside, he felt institutionalized.
- The care plan tries not to institutionalize young people.
Sarufi
Umbo la kamusi
institutionalize
IPA
GB/ˌɪnstɪtˈuʃənəlaɪz/
US/ˌɪnstɪtˈuʃənəlaɪz/
Silabi na mkazo
in - sti - tu - tion - al - ize (silabi 6)
Stress on 3rd syllable (tu)
Maumbo ya neno
Verb
- Base: institutionalize
- 3rd Person Singular: institutionalizes
- Present Participle: institutionalizing
- Past: institutionalized
Semi
Bado hakuna semi zilizounganishwa na ingizo hili.