Definition of install Install

/ɪnstɔˈl/ - [instol] - in•stall

We found 13 definitions of install from 6 different sources.

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British English

instal - /ɪnstˈɔːl/

American English

install - /ɪnstɔˈl/

What does install mean?

WordNet

Verb installs, installing, installed
install - set up for use; "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink"
		instal, put in, set up
		position, lay, pose, put, place, set cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
		retrofit substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones; "The laboratory retrofitted to meet the safety codes"
		reinstall install again; "She reinstalled the washer after it had been repaired"
		put up, post provide; "The city has to put up half the required amount"
install - put into an office or a position; "the new president was installed immediately after the election"
		instal
		induct, invest, seat introduce or initiate; "The young geisha was inducted into the ways of her profession"
		enthrone, invest, vest put a monarch on the throne; "The Queen was enthroned more than 50 years ago"
install - place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"
		instal, set up, establish

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Wiktionary

install (Noun)
Installation.
install (Verb)
To connect, set up or prepare something for use.
install (Verb)
To admit formally into an office, rank or position.
install (Verb)
To establish or settle in.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

install (v. t.)
To set in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a place.
install (v. t.)
To place in an office, rank, or order; to invest with any charge by the usual ceremonies; to instate; to induct; as, to install an ordained minister as pastor of a church; to install a college president.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

install
To connect, set up or prepare something for use.
install
To put in place.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

install
Instal, in-stawl′, v.t. to place in a seat: to place in an office or order: to invest with any charge or office with the customary ceremonies.—ns. Installā′tion, the act of installing or placing in an office with ceremonies: a placing in position for use, also a general term for the complete mechanical apparatus for electric lighting, &c.; Instal′ment, the act of installing: one of the parts of a sum paid at various times: that which is produced at stated periods. [Fr.,—Low L. installare—in, in, stallum, a stall—Old High Ger. stal (Ger. stall), Eng. stall.]

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install, verb, present, 1st person singular of install (infinitive).
install, verb (infinitive).

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