Install

/ɪnˈstɔːl/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To connect, set up or prepare something for use.

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To connect, set up or prepare something for use
2. (transitive) To admit formally into an office, rank or position.
3. (transitive, sometimes reflexive) To establish or settle in.
4. (computing, informal) An installation: the process of installing a software application.
5. (computing, informal) An installation: a software application that has been installed.

Example Sentences

Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."

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.

He was installed as Chancellor of the University.

My husband rented a small, comfortable house, and I was installed as its mistress.

I installed myself in my usual chair by the fire.

At Kiwi, 40 miles from Nelson [New Zealand], eight women installed themselves in the goods shed, taking with them their knitting, and a supply of food and magazines. The demolition crew was unable to pull the building down without injuring them.

The install takes a long time, but you can run it in the background while working on other things.

I've customized my local install; the out-of-the-box version looks a bit different.

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Word Forms

• installs
• installing
• installed
• enstall
• instal

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