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install

invest, instate, place in position; connect for use: install an air conditioner; induct into office with ceremonies: install a new president
Not to be confused with:
instill – inculcate, introduce; insinuate; infuse slowly into the mind or feelings: instill a sense of fairness in a child
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embree

in·stall

also in·stal  (ĭn-stôl′)
tr.v. in·stalled, in·stall·ing, in·stalls also in·stals
1. To connect or set in position and prepare for use: installed the new furnace; installed software on my computer.
2. To induct into an office, rank, or position: a ceremony to install the new governor.
3. To settle in an indicated place or condition; establish: installed myself in the spare room.

[Middle English installen, to place in office, from Old French installer, from Medieval Latin īnstallāre : Latin in-, in; see in-2 + stallum, stall, place; see stel- in Indo-European roots.]

in·stall′er n.
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install

(ɪnˈstɔːl) or

instal

vb (tr) , -stalls, -stalling, -stalled, -stals, -stalling or -stalled
1. to place (machinery, equipment, etc) in position and connect and adjust for use
2. (Computer Science) 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.
[C16: from Medieval Latin installāre, from in-2 + stallum stall1]
inˈstaller n
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in•stall

or in•stal

(ɪnˈstɔl)

v.t. -stalled, -stall•ing or -stal•ling.
1. to put in place 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.
3. to induct into an office or the like with ceremonies or formalities.
[1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin installāre; see in2, stall1]
in•stall′er, n.
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install

- Its earliest sense was "place in office by seating in a stall or official seat," from Old French estaler, "to place," from estal, "place."
See also related terms for stall.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

install


Past participle: installed
Gerund: installing

Imperative
install
install
Present
I install
you install
he/she/it installs
we install
you install
they install
Preterite
I installed
you installed
he/she/it installed
we installed
you installed
they installed
Present Continuous
I am installing
you are installing
he/she/it is installing
we are installing
you are installing
they are installing
Present Perfect
I have installed
you have installed
he/she/it has installed
we have installed
you have installed
they have installed
Past Continuous
I was installing
you were installing
he/she/it was installing
we were installing
you were installing
they were installing
Past Perfect
I had installed
you had installed
he/she/it had installed
we had installed
you had installed
they had installed
Future
I will install
you will install
he/she/it will install
we will install
you will install
they will install
Future Perfect
I will have installed
you will have installed
he/she/it will have installed
we will have installed
you will have installed
they will have installed
Future Continuous
I will be installing
you will be installing
he/she/it will be installing
we will be installing
you will be installing
they will be installing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been installing
you have been installing
he/she/it has been installing
we have been installing
you have been installing
they have been installing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been installing
you will have been installing
he/she/it will have been installing
we will have been installing
you will have been installing
they will have been installing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been installing
you had been installing
he/she/it had been installing
we had been installing
you had been installing
they had been installing
Conditional
I would install
you would install
he/she/it would install
we would install
you would install
they would install
Past Conditional
I would have installed
you would have installed
he/she/it would have installed
we would have installed
you would have installed
they would have installed
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.install - set up for use; "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink"
lay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
retrofit - fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house; "The mansion was retrofitted with modern plumbing"
reinstall - install again; "She reinstalled the washer after it had been repaired"
put up, post - place so as to be noticed; "post a sign"; "post a warning at the dump"
2.install - put into an office or a position; "the new president was installed immediately after the election"
induct, seat, invest - place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy"
enthrone, vest, invest - provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights"
3.install - place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"
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install

verb
1. set up, put in, place, position, station, establish, lay, fix, locate, lodge They had installed a new phone line in the apartment.
2. institute, establish, introduce, invest, ordain, inaugurate, induct, instate A new Catholic bishop was installed yesterday.
3. settle, position, plant, establish, lodge, ensconce Before her husband's death she had installed herself in a modern villa.
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install

also instal
verb
1. To put in or assign to a certain position or location:
2. To admit formally into membership or office, as with ritual:
3. To place securely in a position or condition:
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Translations
يُرَكِّبيُنَصِّب
instalovatusadituvést do úřadu
indsætteinstallerelægge indmontere
asentaa
beszerelinstalláltelepít
koma fyrir, setja uppsetja í embætti; koma fyrir
instaliacijaįtaisytiįvedimasįvesdinti į tarnybąįvesti
iekārtotiesierīkotievadītievilktuzstādīt
usadiť
namestiti
installera
atamakkurmaktakmakyerleş mek

install

[ɪnˈstɔːl] vt
[+ equipment, machine] → installer; [+ kitchen, bathroom] → installer
(COMPUTING) [+ software] → installer
[+ official] → installer dans ses fonctions
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install

vtinstallieren (also Comput); telephone alsoanschließen; bathroom, fireplaceeinbauen; person(in ein Amt) einsetzen or einführen; governmenteinsetzen; priestinvestieren; to have electricity installedans Elektrizitätsnetz angeschlossen werden; when you’ve installed yourself in your new officewenn Sie sich in Ihrem neuen Büro installiert or eingerichtet haben; he installed himself in the best armchair (inf)er pflanzte sich auf den besten Sessel (inf)
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install

[ɪnˈstɔːl] vt (machine, equipment, telephone) → installare; (mayor, official) → insediare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

install

(inˈstoːl) verb
1. to put in place ready for use. When was the telephone/electricity installed (in this house)?
2. to put (a thing, oneself or another person) in a place or position. He was installed as president yesterday; They soon installed themselves in the new house.
installation (instəˈleiʃən) noun
1. the act of installing.
2. a piece of equipment that has been installed. The cooker, fridge and other electrical installations are all in working order.
inˈstalment noun
1. one payment out of a number of payments into which an amount of money, especially a debt, is divided. The new carpet is being paid for by monthly instalments.
2. a part of a story that is printed one part at a time eg in a weekly magazine, or read in parts on the radio. Did you hear the final instalment last week?
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install

v. instalar, colocar.
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References in classic literature ?
One day, however, Monsieur Stangerson, as he was leaving the Academy of Science, announced that the marriage of his daughter and Monsieur Robert Darzac would be celebrated in the privacy of the Chateau du Glandier, as soon as he and his daughter had put the finishing touches to their report summing up their labours on the "Dissociation of Matter." The new household would install itself in the Glandier, and the son-in-law would lend his assistance in the work to which the father and daughter had dedicated their lives.
"They are in the hands of the concierge, who takes care of the house, but here is the order I have given him to install the count in his new possessions."
Because I feel that, in the Heavens above, The angels, whispering to one another, Can find, among their burning terms of love, None so devotional as that of "Mother," Therefore by that dear name I long have called you -- You who are more than mother unto me, And fill my heart of hearts, where Death installed you In setting my Virginia's spirit free.
The toothless old hag grinned her appreciation of this suggestion, and as the plan still better suited the chief's scheme, in that it would permit him to surround Tarzan with a gang of picked assassins, he readily assented, so that presently Tarzan had been installed in a hut close to the village gate.
Here am I, installed once more as a country `schoolma'am' at Valley Road, boarding at `Wayside,' the home of Miss Janet Sweet.
Comfortably installed in an armchair the man of medicine stared into the glowing coals and thought deeply and long, but apparently to little purpose, for he frequently rose and opening a door leading to the staircase, listened intently; then resumed his seat.
When Charmolue had installed himself in a magisterial manner in his own, he seated himself, then rose and said, without exhibiting too much self-complacency at his success,--"The accused has confessed all."
Which prevarication was bare-faced, by virtue of his having just installed the ram and piped the land.
IT is no part of mine to narrate the adventures of John Nicholson, which were many, but simply his more momentous misadventures, which were more than he desired, and, by human standards, more than he deserved; how he reached California, how he was rooked, and robbed, and beaten, and starved; how he was at last taken up by charitable folk, restored to some degree of self-complacency, and installed as a clerk in a bank in San Francisco, it would take too long to tell; nor in these episodes were there any marks of the peculiar Nicholsonic destiny, for they were just such matters as befell some thousands of other young adventurers in the same days and places.
And the Babiroussa would have been installed in its cage in the Jardin des Plantes, and have drawn all the curious people of the capital!"
Soon after, Phileas Fogg, Sir Francis Cromarty, and Passepartout, installed in a carriage with Aouda, who had the best seat, were whirling at full speed towards Benares.
Suddenly, when least expected, Monk drove the military party out of London, and installed himself in the city amidst the citizens, by order of the parliament; then, at the moment when the citizens were crying out against Monk -- at the moment when the soldiers themselves were accusing their leader -- Monk, finding himself certain of a majority, declared to the Rump Parliament that it must abdicate -- be dissolved -- and yield its place to a government which would not be a joke.