install

install
[[t]ɪnstɔ͟ːl[/t]]
♦♦♦
installs, installing, installed
1) VERB If you install a piece of equipment, you fit it or put it somewhere so that it is ready to be used.

[V n] They had installed a new phone line in the apartment.

Derived words:
installation N-UNCOUNT oft N of n

Hundreds of lives could be saved if the installation of alarms was more widespread.

2) VERB If someone is installed in a new job or important position, they are officially given the job or position, often in a special ceremony.

[be V-ed] A new Catholic bishop was installed in Galway yesterday...

[be V-ed as n] Professor Sawyer was formally installed as President last Thursday...

[V n] The army has promised to install a new government within a week. [Also V n as n]

Derived words:
installation N-UNCOUNT oft with poss, N as n

He sent a letter inviting Naomi to attend his installation as chief of his tribe.

3) VERB If you install yourself in a particular place, you settle there and make yourself comfortable. [FORMAL]

[V pron-refl prep/adv] Before her husband's death she had installed herself in a modern villa.


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