Definitions for install
ɪnˈstɔlin·stall

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. install, instal, put in, set upverb

   set up for use

   "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink"

2. install, instalverb

   put into an office or a position

   "the new president was installed immediately after the election"

3. install, instal, set up, establishverb

   place

   "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. installnoun

   Installation. (Usage originated as a truncated form of the word installation.)

2. 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.

3. installverb

   To connect, set up or prepare something for use

   I haven't installed the new operating system yet because of all the bugs.

4. installverb

   To admit formally into an office, rank or position.

   He was installed as Chancellor of the University.

5. installverb

   To establish or settle in.

   I installed myself in my usual chair by the fire.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Installverb

   to set in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a place

2. 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

3. 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.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. install

   The install command is a standard Unix program used to copy files and set file permissions.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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  

2. ---

   install

   To prepare or connect.

   They did install the new kitchen.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 9, 2020  

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1. Install

   Install vs. Instill -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Install and Instill.

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'install' in Verbs Frequency: #543

How to pronounce install?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of install in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of install in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of install in a Sentence

1. Chris Woodward:

   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.

2. Dennis Hof:

   We have guys carrying duffle bags full of cash right up to our cashier’s window, and we’ve had to install a safe the size of Fort Knox to hold it all, not that I mind good old fashioned cold cash, but Bitcoin is making it so much more practical for those same clients to live out their sexual fantasies here at The Bunny Ranch without literally having to carry a lot of excess baggage.

3. Taposh Kumar Roy:

   Large-sized solar power plants need a huge area of land to install solar panels. In Bangladesh such barren field is hardly available. Our policy is to set up such plants only in non-agriculture lands to keep food production unhampered.

4. Guy Wallace:

   It will install curb ramps throughout the city, fix sidewalks that are broken and torn up by tree roots, install accessible sidewalks where they do not exist, and remove many other barriers.

5. Grant Shih:

   The problem now is how do we allocate our capital in a way that addresses EMV first and then immediately find the funds to upgrade again and install a better solution.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=install
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Install
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=install
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/install
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=install
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=install