install

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Etymology

From Middle English installen, from Old French installer, from Medieval Latin īnstallō, from in- + stallum, from Frankish *stall, from Proto-Germanic *stallaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stel-, *stAlǝn-, *stAlǝm-.

Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ɪnˈstɔːl/
• (America) IPA: /ɪnˈstɔl/
• (cot-caught) IPA: /ɪnˈstɑl/
• (Australia) IPA: /ɪnˈstoːl/

Verb

install (installs, present participle installing; simple past and past participle installed)

1. (transitive) To connect, set up or prepare something for use
   1. (transitive, computing) 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.

2. (transitive) To admit formally into an office, rank or position.

   He was installed as Chancellor of the University.

3. (transitive) To establish or settle in.

   I installed myself in my usual chair by the fire.

Antonyms

• uninstall

Related terms

• installation
• installer
• instalment / installment

Translations

• French: installer
• German: installieren
• Italian: installare
• Portuguese: instalar
• Russian: устана́вливать
• Spanish: instalar

Translations

• Portuguese: instalar
• Russian: помеща́ть

Noun

install (plural installs)

1. (computing) Installer. A software utility that installs an application.

   After inserting the disk, you need to run the install.

2. (informal) An installation. Usage originated as a truncated form of the word installation.
3. A designated area or space where equipment, components, or systems are installed or assembled.

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