What does INSTALL mean?
Definitions for INSTALL
ɪnˈstɔlin·stall
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word INSTALL.
Princeton's WordNet
install, instal, put in, set upverb
set up for use
"install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink"
install, instalverb
put into an office or a position
"the new president was installed immediately after the election"
install, instal, set up, establishverb
place
"Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"
Wiktionary
installnoun
Installation. (Usage originated as a truncated form of the word installation.)
installnoun
A computer software utility that is run to install a software application. Also used as an adjective.
After inserting the disk, you need to run the install.
installverb
To connect, set up or prepare something for use
I haven't installed the new operating system yet because of all the bugs.
installverb
To admit formally into an office, rank or position.
He was installed as Chancellor of the University.
installverb
To establish or settle in.
I installed myself in my usual chair by the fire.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To INSTALLverb
To advance to any rank or office, by placing in the seat or stall proper to that condition.
Etymology: installer, French, in and stall.
She reigns a goddess now among the saints,
That whilom was the saint of shepherds light,
And is installed now in heaven's hight. Edmund Spenser, Past.Cranmer is return'd with welcome,
Install'd archbishop of Canterbury. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.The king chose him master of the horse, after this he was installed of the most noble order. Henry Wotton.
ChatGPT
install
Install refers to the process of setting up a software or hardware to run or operate on a computer or system. It can also mean physically placing or fixing an equipment or machinery in its proper place for it to function. Install can also refer to the act of formally placing someone in a position or office.
Webster Dictionary
Installverb
to set in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a place
Installverb
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
Etymology: [F. installer, LL. installare, fr. pref. in- in + OHG. stal a place, stall, G. stall, akin to E. stall: cf. It. installare. See Stall.]
Wikidata
install
The install command is a standard Unix program used to copy files and set file permissions.
Chambers 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.]
Editors Contribution
install
To connect or upload a piece of software, program, file or app.
They did install the new website to ensure they could access the most up to date software and designs.
Submitted by MaryC on February 24, 2020
install
To prepare or connect.
They did install the new kitchen.
Submitted by MaryC on March 9, 2020
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British National Corpus
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'INSTALL' in Verbs Frequency: #543
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of INSTALL in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of INSTALL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of INSTALL in a Sentence
Far-UVC light is simple to install, it’s inexpensive, it doesn’t need people to change their behavior, and evidence from multiple studies suggests it may be a safe way to prevent the transmission of any virus, including the COVID virus and its variants, as well as influenza and also any potential future pandemic viruses.
If there isn’t clear view down the line, maybe we need to install a camera for that, it was more like a millimeter off the base. ... That’s not what instant replay’s designed for.
The Biden Administration wants to accelerate this process and install critical race theory ideology further into the bureaucracyof the federal government, it must be stopped. It must be resisted. ‘Bancritical race theory’ should be the conservative slogan moving forward.
We can have Newport News build the ship and deliver the full propulsion and demonstrate the flight deck. Then we can come back into a second phase and install the combat systems and C4ISR gear. If I had to deliver the complete ship in 2022, I would not have the opportunity to put the new radar in, if we wait until phase two in the 2023 or 2024 time frame –we will get later generations of the technology. We will not have to change it our as early on the ship’s life.
David Phippen said David Phippen grandfather paid a premium price for hundreds of acres in the 1930s because it came with ironclad senior water rights. David Phippen said David Phippen takes those rights to the bank when David Phippen needs loans to replant almond orchards or install new irrigation lines. David Phippen fears that state officials are tampering with a system that has worked for years. In the water world, the pre-1914 rights were considered to be gold.
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- ركبArabic
- instal·larCatalan, Valencian
- instalovatCzech
- installierenGerman
- instaliEsperanto
- instalarSpanish
- asentaaFinnish
- installerFrench
- התקיןHebrew
- տեղադրելArmenian
- installareItalian
- インストール, 導入Japanese
- instaléierenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- whakanohoMāori
- aansluiten, opzetten, installerenDutch
- instalarPortuguese
- поместить, установи́ть, инсталли́ровать, помещать, монти́ровать, устана́вливатьRussian
- installeraSwedish
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