install
To connect, set up or prepare something for useTo connect, set up or prepare something for use
» The man tried to install his own antenna.
Der Mann versuchte, eine eigene Antenne zu installieren.
Мужчина попробовал установить свою собственную антенну.
Чоловік спробував установити власну антену.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To connect, set up or prepare something for use
installieren
устана́вливатьustanávlivatʹ, установи́тьustanovítʹ, инсталли́роватьinstallírovatʹ
set up for use
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.
(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
(reflexive, sometimes, transitive)To establish or settle in.
I installed myself in my usual chair by the fire.
помеща́тьpomeščátʹ, помести́тьpomestítʹ
Examples
290 sentencesThe man tried to install his own antenna.
Чоловік спробував установити власну антену. — deniko
ruМужчина попробовал установить свою собственную антенну. — odexed
deDer Mann versuchte, eine eigene Antenne zu installieren. — Tamy
Tom is installing new software.
Том установлює нове програмне забезпечення. — deniko
Tom installed a new light switch.
You should have an alarm installed.
deDu solltest dir eine Alarmanlage einbauen lassen. — Waldelfe
Tom installed an alarm system in his house.
ruТом установил в своём доме сигнализацию. — odexed
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English installen, from Old French installer, from Medieval Latin īnstallō (“tFrom 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, installedSynonyms
6 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
16 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle