Install

Quick meaning: Install is a verb meaning (transitive) To connect, set up or prepare something for use.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

He was installed as Chancellor of the University.

I installed myself in my usual chair by the fire.

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

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

Word Forms

• installs
• installing
• installed
• instal

Synonyms for install

Depending on context, synonyms include seat, establish, set up, put in, instal.

Antonyms for install

Common opposites include uninstall.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include instal, put in, set up, establish, installation, make.

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