initiation founding foundation institution origination creation innovation introduction instauration | the act of starting something for the first time, introducing something new, she looked forward to her initiation as an adult, the foundation of a new scientific society |
Holy Eucharist Eucharist sacrament of the Eucharist Holy Sacrament Liturgy Eucharistic liturgy Lord's Supper | a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine |
correctional institution | a penal institution maintained by the government |
institution | an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated |
mental hospital psychiatric hospital mental institution institution mental home insane asylum asylum | a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person |
penal institution penal facility | an institution where persons are confined for punishment and to protect the public |
institution | a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society, the institution of marriage, the institution of slavery, he had become an institution in the theater |
words | language that is spoken or written, he has a gift for words, she put her thoughts into words |
palaver hot air empty words empty talk rhetoric | loud and confused and empty talk, mere rhetoric |
actor's line speech words | words making up the dialogue of a play, the actor forgot his speech |
string of words word string linguistic string | a linear sequence of words as spoken or written |
lyric words language | the text of a popular song or musicalomedy number, his compositions always started with the lyrics, he wrote both words and music, the song uses colloquial language |
wording diction phrasing phraseology choice of words verbiage | the manner in which something is expressed in words, use concise military verbiage- G.S.Patton |
words | the words that are spoken, I listened to his words very closely |
wind malarkey malarky idle words jazz nothingness | empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk, that's a lot of wind, don't give me any of that jazz |
sweet nothings honeyed words | inconsequential expressions of affection, he whispered sweet nothings into her ear |
quarrel wrangle row words run-in dustup | an angry dispute, they had a quarrel, they had words |
institution establishment | an organization founded and united for a specific purpose |
medical institution | an institution created for the practice of medicine |
financial institution financial organization financial organisation | an institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets |
lending institution | a financial institution that makes loans |
educational institution | an institution dedicated to education |
nondepository financial institution | a financial institution that funds their investment activities from the sale of securities or insurance |
depository financial institution bank banking concern banking company | a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities, he cashed a check at the bank, that bank holds the mortgage on my home |
thrift institution | a depository financial institution intended to encourage personal savings and home buying |
words per minute wpm | the rate at which words are produced (as in speaking or typing) |
call on the carpet take to task rebuke rag trounce reproof lecture reprimand jaw dress down call down scold chide berate bawl out remonstrate chew out chew up have words lambaste lambast dcc | censure severely or angrily, The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car, The deputy ragged the Prime Minister, The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup |
in other words put differently | otherwise stated, in other words, we are broke |