- 1 install something to fix equipment or furniture into position so that it can be used He's getting a phone installed tomorrow. The hotel chain has recently installed a new booking system. Oxford Collocations Dictionary adverbcorrectly, properly, safely, … verb + installbe easy to, be simple to prepositionin, on phrasesbe installed as CEO, leader, president etc., newly installed, recently installed, … See full entry
- 2 install something to put a new program onto a computer I'll need some help installing the software. Have you got Word installed on your computer? Wordfindersoftwareanimation, application, authoring, beta version, configure, demo, install, interactive, software, spreadsheet Oxford Collocations Dictionary adverbcorrectly, properly, safely, … verb + installbe easy to, be simple to prepositionin, on phrasesbe installed as CEO, leader, president etc., newly installed, recently installed, … See full entry See related entries: Computer software, Using a computer
- 3install somebody (as something) to put somebody in a new position of authority, often with an official ceremony He was installed as President last May. Oxford Collocations Dictionary adverbcorrectly, properly, safely, … verb + installbe easy to, be simple to prepositionin, on phrasesbe installed as CEO, leader, president etc., newly installed, recently installed, … See full entry
- 4install somebody/yourself (+ adv./prep.) to make somebody/yourself comfortable in a particular place or position We installed ourselves in the front row. Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (3)): from medieval Latin installare, from in- ‘into’ + stallum ‘place, stall’. Sense (1) dates from the mid 19th cent.Extra examples A professionally installed alarm will cost from about £500. An anti-theft device is installed in the vehicle. He was recently installed as president of the National Medical Association. Linux can be installed on most PCs or Macs. Make sure the equipment is properly installed. She saw her guests safely installed in their rooms and then went downstairs. The loft ladder is easily installed. The switches are cheap to buy and easy to install. They estimate that four out of five child car seats are installed improperly. Water softening units can be permanently installed into the plumbing system. a recently installed swimming pool
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BrE BrE//ɪnˈstɔːl//; NAmE NAmE//ɪnˈstɔːl//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they install BrE BrE//ɪnˈstɔːl//; NAmE NAmE//ɪnˈstɔːl//
he / she / it installs BrE BrE//ɪnˈstɔːlz//; NAmE NAmE//ɪnˈstɔːlz//
past simple installed BrE BrE//ɪnˈstɔːld//; NAmE NAmE//ɪnˈstɔːld//
past participle installed BrE BrE//ɪnˈstɔːld//; NAmE NAmE//ɪnˈstɔːld//
-ing form installing BrE BrE//ɪnˈstɔːlɪŋ//; NAmE NAmE//ɪnˈstɔːlɪŋ//
Computer software, Using a computerCheck pronunciation: install
