"install" meaning in English

See install in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈstɔːl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-install.wav [UK] Forms: install [canonical], installs [third-person, singular], installed [past], installed [past, participle], installing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you install a piece of hardward or software, you connect, set up or prepare it to be used.
    Sense id: simple-install-en-verb-vPOHp56Z
  2. If you install someone in an office, rank or position, you officially place them there.
    Sense id: simple-install-en-verb-4bcHZLaA
  3. If you install yourself somewhere, you establish yourself there or settle in.
    Sense id: simple-install-en-verb-ycm9pA-3
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