install
//ɪnˈstɔːl//
Forms
- present (v1)
- install
- past (v2)
- installed
- past participle (v3)
- installed
- present participle
- installing
- 3rd person singular
- installs
- Plural
- installs
Definitions
1.To connect, set up or prepare something for use
- I haven't installed the new operating system yet because of all the bugs.
- Each TBM installs two-metre-wide rings made up of seven precast concrete segments produced on-site. Each ring takes approximately 45 minutes to one hour to install.
2.To admit formally into an office, rank or position.
- He was installed as Chancellor of the University.
- My husband rented a small, comfortable house, and I was installed as its mistress.
- Theresa May, installed as prime minister in the chaos after the vote, could not publicly admit Brexit threatened jobs at Nissan, giving Ghosn huge leverage.
3.To establish or settle in.
- I installed myself in my usual chair by the fire.
1.An installation: the process of installing a software application.(informal)
- The install takes a long time, but you can run it in the background while working on other things.
2.An installation: a software application that has been installed.(informal)
- I've customized my local install; the out-of-the-box version looks a bit different.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2400
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
From Middle English installen, from Old French installer, from Medieval Latin īnstallō (“to install, put in place, establish”), from in- + stallum (“stall”), from Frankish *stall (“stall, position, place”), from Proto-Germanic *stallaz (“place, position”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel-, *stAlǝn-, *stAlǝm- (“stem, trunk”).