install
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈstɔːl/
note: without the cot–caught merger
ipa: /ɪnˈstɔl/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ɪnˈstɑl/
note: of the US
ipa: /ɪnˈstɒl/
ipa: /ɪnˈstoːl/
rhymes: -ɔːl
Forms: form: installs
form: installing
form: installed
form: installed
form: enstall
form: instal
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.
Senses: examples: text: 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."
ref: 2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30:
text: 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.
ref: 2021 July 14, Paul Stephen, “A portal into the future”, in RAIL, number 935, page 52. photo caption:
glosses: To connect, set up or prepare something for use
examples: text: I haven't installed the new operating system yet because of all the bugs.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: 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.
examples: text: He was installed as Chancellor of the University.
text: My husband rented a small, comfortable house, and I was installed as its mistress.
ref: 1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 12:
synonyms: seat
glosses: To admit formally into an office, rank or position.
examples: text: I installed myself in my usual chair by the fire.
text: 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.
ref: 1955 December, “Notes and News: Women Delay Railway Demolition”, in Railway Magazine, page 878:
glosses: To establish or settle in.
Derived terms: autoinstall
coinstall
deinstall
installability
installable
installfest
misinstall
pay-per-install
preinstall
reinstall
uninstalled
Related terms: installation
installer
instalment
installment