- a variation of install.
instal
Americanverb (used with object)
Other Word Forms
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Now they were being punished for it with threats of prosecution for failure to instal septic systems.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 11, 2021
While the problem is particularly pronounced in the countryside, where carriers have few financial incentives to instal new transmission stations, even in the cities businesses aren’t seeing the cellphone coverage they want.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2020
Rather than have individual women toll takers fend for themselves, simply instal cameras and a sign saying you are being watched and recorded by Port Authority Security.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2016
This led me to instal a studio with all kinds of sound toys in my second home in Santa Fe, which is like Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2016
Let us build them a log cabin and instal them in it.”
From The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn by Evelyn Raymond
Revelations at the time showed that the firm had obtained data gathered through a personality quiz app called "thisisyourdigitallife," which was installed by about 270,000 users but also collected information on their friends.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
They bought an expensive mattress, installed a new stove and work station and fully stocked the kitchen with dishes and appliances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
Every two weeks, researchers collected air samples through thin tubes installed beneath the ground and analyzed them in a laboratory.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
The court order, obtained after Jeanie’s older brothers Jimmy and Johnny Buss tried to oust her from the organization, installed Janie and Joey as co-trustees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Once the radios were installed, the 586th Regiment loved their new Yaks and couldn’t get enough of flying in them.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
The complaint said the prompts indicate Alfozan was “interested in building, customizing, installing, audio recording, testing, obfuscating, and remote accessing, among other things, a surreptitious audio listening and recording device.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Thousands of Russian workers have spent years building and installing equipment, with a residential complex, shops and restaurants springing up around them.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
There are a couple of understandable reasons older people put off installing a stairlift.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
American, which also plans to start installing Starlink on hundreds of planes next year, posted a link to its own status match offer, “for anyone suddenly considering their airline loyalty.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Now Ob wanted to keep Cletus here like he was installing some afterlife antenna on the place.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
