install

English Online Dictionary. What means install‎? What does install mean?

English

Alternative forms

• enstall (rare, obsolete)
• instal (rare, UK, dated spelling)

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈstɔːl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈstɔl/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈstɑl/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈstɒl/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈstoːl/
• Hyphenation: in‧stall
• Rhymes: -ɔːl

Verb

install (third-person singular simple present 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.

2. (transitive) To admit formally into an office, rank or position.
3. (transitive) To establish or settle in.

Antonyms

• uninstall

Derived terms

Related terms

• installation
• installer
• instalment / installment

Translations

Noun

install (plural installs)

1. (computing, informal) An installation: the process of installing a software application.

2. (computing, informal) An installation: a software application that has been installed.

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Anagrams

• Antills