install

American  

[in-stawl] / ɪnˈstɔl /

Or instal

verb (used with object)

1. to place in position or connect for service or use.

   to install a heating system;

   to install software on a computer.

2. to establish in an office, position, or place.

   to install oneself in new quarters.

3. to induct into an office or the like with ceremonies or formalities.

   Synonyms:

   receive, instate, invest

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install British  

/ ɪnˈstɔːl /

verb

1. to place (machinery, equipment, etc) in position and connect and adjust for use

2. to transfer (computer software) from a distribution file to a permanent location on disk, and prepare it for its particular environment and application

3. to put in a position, rank, etc

4. to settle (a person, esp oneself) in a position or state

   she installed herself in an armchair

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Other Word Forms

• installer noun
• preinstall verb (used with object)
• reinstall verb (used with object)

Etymology

Origin of install

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word installāre. See in- ², stall ¹

Example Sentences

The service is installed on more than 300 of those planes but just 18 of its mainline jets.

From The Wall Street Journal

The couple expects to move to another section of the stadium, where two access ramps and four accessible toilets were recently installed.

From Barron's

Over the course of 50 years, the company has grown its installed base to over 2.5 billion active devices.

From MarketWatch

Developments with high upfront costs like wind farms are more expensive to install when borrowing costs are high.

From The Wall Street Journal

Somehow, my mom still trusted them and never did install that fridge lock she’d threatened.

From Literature

Related Words

• build in
• fix
• inaugurate
• institute
• introduce
• invest
• lay
• place
• plant
• put in
• station