institutionalize
verb(British English also institutionalise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they institutionalize | |
| he / she / it institutionalizes | |
| past simple institutionalized | |
| past participle institutionalized | |
| -ing form institutionalizing |
- institutionalize somebody
to send somebody who is not capable of living independently to live in a special building (= an institution) especially when it is for a long period of time 将（生活不能自理的人）送到收容机构（或社会福利机构） - institutionalize something
to make something become part of an organized system, society or culture, so that it is considered normal 使成惯例；使制度化