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For other uses, see institute (disambiguation).

An institute is a permanent organizational body created for a certain purpose. Usually it is a research organization (research institution) created to perform investigations in a certain area. The word comes from the Latin word institutum meaning facility or habit, from instituere meaning build, create, raise or educate.

See also

• list of institutes by region
• list of research institutes
• consortium

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Foundation may refer to:

• A type of makeup.
• The supporting part of the honeycomb in a beehive.
• Foundation (architecture) — the portion of a building's structure that serves to transfer the weight of the building into the ground.
• Foundation (charity) — a kind of philanthropic organization, set up as a legal entity either by individuals or institutions, with the purpose of distributing grants to support causes in line with the goals of the foundation.
• Foundation (novel) and The Foundation Series — a series of books written by Isaac Asimov.
• The Foundations, a soul band from England.
• The Foundation is a book of the New Testament apocrypha.
• The Foundation television series is a Television Broadcasts Limited historical drama.
• The FOUNDATION fieldbus — an industrial standard for a fieldbus control system.
• Foundation: the international review of science fiction — an academic journal.

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