install

install
verb
ADVERB
▪ correctly, properly, safely (esp. BrE)
▪

Make sure the equipment is properly installed.

▪

She saw her guests safely installed in their rooms and then went downstairs. (BrE, figurative)

▪ improperly, incorrectly
▪

They estimate that four out of five child car seats are installed improperly.

▪ easily
▪

The loft ladder is easily installed.

▪ successfully
▪ professionally
▪

A professionally installed alarm will cost from about £500.

▪ permanently
▪

Water softening units can be permanently installed into the plumbing system.

▪ secretly
▪

A Trojan horse, secretly installed on your computer, can change your Internet settings.

VERB + INSTALL
▪ be easy to, be simple to
▪

The switches are cheap to buy and easy to install.

PREPOSITION
▪ in
▪

An anti-theft device is installed in the vehicle.

▪ on
▪

Linux can be installed on most PCs or Macs.

PHRASES
▪ be installed as CEO, leader, president etc.
▪

He was recently installed as president of the National Medical Association.

▪ newly installed, recently installed
▪

a recently installed swimming pool

Install is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑electrician
Install is used with these nouns as the object: ↑alarm, ↑antenna, ↑application, ↑barrier, ↑boiler, ↑cable, ↑camera, ↑card, ↑carpet, ↑CD-ROM, ↑chip, ↑component, ↑computer, ↑device, ↑drive, ↑elevator, ↑engine, ↑equipment, ↑exhibition, ↑faucet, ↑file, ↑fire alarm, ↑fireplace, ↑fitting, ↑furnace, ↑government, ↑heater, ↑heating, ↑kit, ↑lighting, ↑machine, ↑machinery, ↑meter, ↑modem, ↑module, ↑network, ↑package, ↑panel, ↑patch, ↑pipe, ↑printer, ↑program, ↑regime, ↑shutter, ↑sink, ↑software, ↑system, ↑telephone, ↑terminal, ↑unit, ↑update, ↑valve, ↑vent, ↑version, ↑wiring

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  • install — in‧stall [ɪnˈstɔːl ǁ ˈstɒːl] verb installed PTandPP installing PRESPART [transitive] 1. to put equipment into a place and connect it so that it is ready to use: • They help install and operate big computer systems. 2 …   Financial and business terms

  • Install — In*stall , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Installed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Installing}.] [F. installer, LL. installare, fr. pref. in in + OHG. stal a place, stall, G. stall, akin to E. stall: cf. It. installare. See {Stall}.] [Written also {instal}.] [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • install — or instal [in stôl′] vt. installed, installing [ML(Ec) installare < in , in + stallum < OHG stal, a place, seat, STALL1] 1. to place in an office, rank, etc., with formality or ceremony 2. to establish in a place or condition; settle [to… …   English World dictionary

  • install — index admit (give access), bestow, commence, constitute (establish), deposit (place), hire, induct …   Law dictionary

  • install —   [dt. installieren], Installation …   Universal-Lexikon

  • install — (v.) early 15c., place in (ecclesiastical) office by seating in an official stall, from M.L. installare, from L. in in (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + M.L. stallum stall, from a Germanic source (Cf. O.H.G. stal standing place; see STALL (Cf. stall) (n …   Etymology dictionary

  • install — induct, inaugurate, invest, *initiate …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • install — is spelt with two ls and has inflected forms installed, installing. The noun is instalment in BrE and installment in AmE …   Modern English usage

  • install — [v] set up, establish build in, ensconce, fix, fix up, furnish, inaugurate, induct, instate, institute, introduce, invest, lay, line, lodge, place, plant, position, put in, settle, station; concepts 201,221 …   New thesaurus

  • install — (also instal) ► VERB (installed, installing) 1) place or fix (equipment) in position ready for use. 2) establish in a new place, condition, or role. DERIVATIVES installer noun. ORIGIN Latin installare, from stallum …   English terms dictionary

  • install */*/ — UK [ɪnˈstɔːl] / US [ɪnˈstɔl] verb [transitive, often passive] Word forms install : present tense I/you/we/they install he/she/it installs present participle installing past tense installed past participle installed 1) a) to put a piece of… …   English dictionary

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