Install definition
To induct into an office, rank, or position.
A ceremony to install the new governor.
verb
Install is defined as to formally place someone in an office or position, or to put something in position or set it up.
An example of install is to have a ceremony to officially recognize new members of a Girl Scout troop.
An example of install is to put a new sprinkler system in the yard.
verb
To fix in position for use.
To install new fixtures.
verb
(computing) (jargon): A computer software utility that is run to install a software application. Also used attributively.
After inserting the disk, you need to run the install.
But I can't find the install disk.
noun
To connect or set in position and prepare for use.
Installed the new furnace; installed software on my computer.
verb
To establish in a place or condition; settle.
To install oneself in a deck chair.
verb
(informal) Installation. (Usage originated as a truncated form of the word installation.)
noun
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To settle in an indicated place or condition; establish.
Installed myself in the spare room.
verb
To place in an office, rank, etc., with formality or ceremony.
verb
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Origin of install
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From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English installen, from Old French installer, from Medieval Latin installō (“to install, put in place, establish”), from in- + stallum (“stall”), from Frankish *stall (“stall, position, place”), from Proto-Germanic *stallaz (“place, position”), from Proto-Indo-European *stelǝ-, *stAlǝn-, *stAlǝm- (“stem, trunk”). Cognate with Old High German stal (“location, stall”), Old English steall (“position, stall”), Old English onstellan (“to institute, create, originate, establish, give the example of”), Middle High German anstalt (“institute”), German anstellen (“to conduct, employ”), German einstellen (“to set, adjust, position”), Dutch aanstellen (“to appoint, commission, institute”), Dutch instellen (“to set up, establish”). More at in, stall.
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