Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To connect, set up or prepare something for use

    installieren

    устана́вливатьustanávlivatʹ, установи́тьustanovítʹ, инсталли́роватьinstallírovatʹ

    set up for use

  2. To connect, set up or prepare something for use

    (transitive)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.

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

  3. (transitive)To admit formally into an office, rank or position.

    He was installed as Chancellor of the University.

    put into an office or a position

  4. (reflexive, sometimes, transitive)To establish or settle in.

    I installed myself in my usual chair by the fire.

    помеща́тьpomeščátʹ, помести́тьpomestítʹ

Examples

290 sentences
  1. The man tried to install his own antenna.

    Чоловік спробував установити власну антену.

    ruМужчина попробовал установить свою собственную антенну.

    deDer Mann versuchte, eine eigene Antenne zu installieren.

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  2. Tom is installing new software.

    Том установлює нове програмне забезпечення.

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  3. Tom installed a new light switch.

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  4. You should have an alarm installed.

    deDu solltest dir eine Alarmanlage einbauen lassen.

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  5. Tom installed an alarm system in his house.

    ruТом установил в своём доме сигнализацию.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
set something up for use:
establish or settle in:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
set something up for use:

Origin

From Middle English installen, from Old French installer, from Medieval Latin īnstallō (“t

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.

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Forms

installs, installing, installed, installed
Base forminstall · to install
3rd person singularinstalls
Present participleinstalling
Past simpleinstalled
Past participleinstalled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyinstall
he, she, itinstalls

Past simpleLesson

all personsinstalled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave installed
he, she, ithas installed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill install

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

16 related words

See also

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