install
$ \mathrm{install} /ɪnˈstɔːl/
verb (installs, installed, installing)
verb B2]
(also British English, less frequent instal)
1 install something to fix equipment or furniture into position so that it can be used
They're planning to install a new drainage system.
Make sure the equipment is properly installed.
A hidden camera had been installed in the room.
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
correctly
properly
safely
verb + install
be easy to
be simple to
preposition
inon
phrases
be installed as CEO, leader, president etc.
newly installed
recently installed
2 install something to put a new program onto a computer
to install software/an app
Do not download and install programs from websites that you are unfamiliar with.
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install something on something
Be selective about the apps you install on your device.
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3 ​install somebody (as something) to put somebody in a new position of authority, often with an official ceremony
He was installed as President last May.
She was recently installed as president of the National Medical Association.
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​4 install somebody/yourself (+ adv./prep.) to make somebody/yourself comfortable in a particular place or position
We installed ourselves in the front row.
She saw her guests safely installed in their rooms and then went downstairs.
Word Origin
late Middle English (in sense (3)): from medieval Latin installare, from in- ‘into’ + stallum ‘place, stall’. Sense (1) dates from the mid 19th cent.