Definition of INSTALL

install

Plural: installs

Verb

Verb Forms: installed, installing, installs

  • To set up equipment or software for use.
  • set up for use
    • "install the washer and dryer"
  • put into an office or a position
    • "the new president was installed immediately after the election"
  • place
  • To connect, set up or prepare something for use
  • To connect, set up or prepare something for use
  • 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.
  • To admit formally into an office, rank or position.
  • To establish or settle in.

Noun

  • An installation: the process of installing a software application.
  • An installation: a software application that has been installed.

Examples

  • He was installed as Chancellor of the University.
  • I haven't installed the new operating system yet because of all the bugs.
  • I installed myself in my usual chair by the fire.
  • I've customized my local install; the out-of-the-box version looks a bit different.
  • She had to INSTALL the new Words With Friends update before their daily game.
  • The install takes a long time, but you can run it in the background while working on other things.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

establish, instal, put in, set up, seat

Antonyms

uninstall

Scrabble Score: 7

install: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
install: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
install: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

install: valid Words With Friends Word