install
Syllables: in·stall/ɪnˈstɔːl/
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Australia/ɪnˈstoːl/
install verb: to connect, set up or prepare something for use.
Verb
install (third-person singular simple present installs, present participle installing, simple past and past participle installed)
- To connect, set up or prepare something for use
- Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30
- Each TBM installs two-metre-wide rings made up of seven precast concrete segments produced on-site. Each ring takes approximately 45 minutes to one hour to install.2021 July 14, Paul Stephen, “A portal into the future”, in RAIL, number 935, page 52. photo caption
- To transfer software onto a device's permanent storage and put it in a state where it is ready to be run when needed, usually decompressing it if necessary and performing any necessary pre-first-run configuration.
- I haven't installed the new operating system yet because of all the bugs.
- To admit formally into an office, rank or position.
- He was installed as Chancellor of the University.
- My husband rented a small, comfortable house, and I was installed as its mistress.1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 12
- To establish or settle in.
- I installed myself in my usual chair by the fire.
- At Kiwi, 40 miles from Nelson [New Zealand], eight women installed themselves in the goods shed, taking with them their knitting, and a supply of food and magazines. The demolition crew was unable to pull the building down without injuring them.1955 December, “Notes and News: Women Delay Railway Demolition”, in Railway Magazine, page 878
Noun
install (plural installs)
- An installation: the process of installing a software application.
- The install takes a long time, but you can run it in the background while working on other things.
- An installation: a software application that has been installed.
- I've customized my local install; the out-of-the-box version looks a bit different.
install meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
install in Tamil
- பொருத்து, அமர்த்து, உள்ளீடு செய், நிறுவு
install in Urdu
- بٹھانا, جگہ دینا, لگانا, نصب کرنا, قائم کرنا
install in Bengali
- স্থাপন করা, অভিষেক করা, পদে অধিষ্ঠিত করান, স্থাপিত করা, বহাল করা, পাতা
install in Malayalam
- പ്രതിഷ്ഠാപനം, സജ്ജീകരിക്കുക
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- install in Kannada
- ಅಳವಡಿಸು, ಇರಿಸು, ನೆಲೆಗೊಳಿಸು, ಅನುಗೊಳಿಸು
- install in Punjabi
- ਟਿਕਾਉਣਾ ṭikāuṇā
- install in Arabic
- رَكَّبَ rakkaba
- install in Indonesian
- memasang
- install in Persian
- نصبیدن
- install in Vietnamese
- cài đặt
Examples of install in a sentence
- I've decided to install two different OSes on my new laptop.
- I have a couple of updates to install on your laptop.
- She installed a sturdy catch to keep her cabinets closed tight.
Synonyms of install
Antonyms
Forms of install
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | installs |
| present participle | installing |
| past participle | installed |
| past | installed |
| alternative form (dated) | instal |
| alternative form (obsolete) | enstall |
| Noun | |
| plural | installs |
Origin of install
From Middle English installen, from Old French installer, from Medieval Latin īnstallō (“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 *stel-, *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.
Words formed from install
Words that rhyme with install
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- pall
- paul
- recall
- tall
- Donegal
- saul
- forestall
- Saint Paul
- all
- appall
- hauler
- maul
- overcall
- overhaul
- scrawl
- withcall
- befall
- brawl
- drawl
- set out one's stall
- sing small
- bawl
- orle
- spall
- sprawl
- squall
- trawl
- withal
- y'all
- acrawl
- awl
- infall
- moneyball
- overall
- pawl
- saule
- Senegal
- shawl
- spawl
- tell all
- yawl
- appal
- asprawl
- at all
- aul
- becrawl
- bescrawl
- besmall
Questions about install
- What does install mean?
- Install means to connect, set up or prepare something for use.
- What is install in Tamil?
- Install in Tamil is பொருத்து, அமர்த்து, உள்ளீடு செய். See Install meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is install?
- Install can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce install?
- Install is pronounced /ɪnˈstɔːl/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of install?
- The past tense of install is installed.
Words near install in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: install (page history and authors); install (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); install (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); install (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); install (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); install (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਟਿਕਾਉਣਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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