install

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ɪnˈstɔːl/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: in‧stall

Verb

Plain form install

Third-person singular installs

Past tense installed

Past participle installed

Present participle installing

1. (transitive) If you install a piece of hardward or software, you connect, set up or prepare it to be used.

   I haven't installed the new operating system yet because of all the bugs.

2. (transitive) If you install someone in an office, rank or position, you officially place them there.

   He was installed as Chancellor of the University.

3. (transitive) If you install yourself somewhere, you establish yourself there or settle in.

   I installed myself in my usual chair by the fire.

Related words

• installment
• installation