install
or in·stal
[in-stawl]
- to place in position or connect for service or use: to install a heating system; to install software on a computer.
- to establish in an office, position, or place: to install oneself in new quarters.
- to induct into an office or the like with ceremonies or formalities.
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Origin of install
Synonyms
See more synonyms for install on Thesaurus.com3. invest, instate, receive.
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Examples from the Web for install
Contemporary Examples
Speaking of Grandma, The Wireless Joey is so simple she can install it herself.
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Then they install sump pumps to remove remnant toxic waters.
The Ferguson Police do have two dashboard cams, but Chief Tom Jackson says he lacks the $3,000 per camera cost to install them.
Parents can install an alarm on their outside door—although that, of course, costs money.
Had Richard III been able to install a tape recorder in his palaces the ranting might well have been identical.
Historical Examples
Then we returned to France, our beautiful France, to install ourselves in the Tuileries.
The Boy Life of NapoleonEugenie Foa
I'll install a set of them in a car, and it will go like the wind.
Tom Swift and his Electric RunaboutVictor Appleton
How could they get her out in order to install La Catiche in her place?
FruitfulnessEmile Zola
Other plants have all parts separate, and require more work to install.
The Automobile Storage BatteryO. A. Witte
I would have a fleet of parts ships and junior mechanics to install them.
The RepairmanHarry Harrison
install
instal
- to place (machinery, equipment, etc) in position and connect and adjust for use
- to transfer (computer software) from a distribution file to a permanent location on disk, and prepare it for its particular environment and application
- to put in a position, rank, etc
- to settle (a person, esp oneself) in a position or stateshe installed herself in an armchair
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Word Origin
C16: from Medieval Latin installāre, from in- ² + stallum stall 1
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Word Origin and History for install
v.
early 15c., "place in (ecclesiastical) office by seating in an official stall," from Medieval Latin installare, from Latin in- "in" (see in- (2)) + Medieval Latin stallum "stall," from a Germanic source (cf. Old High German stal "standing place;" see stall (n.1)). Related: Installed; installing.
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