Institution
Institution noun - A public organization with a particular purpose or function.
Setting and institution are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Setting" instead a noun "Institution".
Setting
Setting noun - The circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded.
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Synonyms for Setting
Institution and setting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Institution" instead a noun "Setting".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old institution | old setting |
| good | good institution | good setting |
| similar | similar institution | similar setting |
| typical | typical institution | typical setting |
| Other adjectives: public, single, actual, entire, real, dark, main, social, new, military, fictional, official, titular, different, academic, modern. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Arranged Marriage: Among the nobility, marriage is an institution meant to facilitate alliances and land exchanges, so personal happiness means almost nothing to the people setting them up.
- The New Russia: He lives there (also, it or some variations on it are a reasonably common setting, and "Vybrakovka" - both the book and the eponymous social institution - is mainly a response to it).
Source: Creator / Oleg Divov -
In that world's setting of 1936, he is the head of a major scientific research institution.
Source: Useful Notes / Nikola Tesla
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