Question 1 · Quick check
install
CEFRB1
/ɪnˈstɔːl/
verb
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In plain English
- 01
verb
To put equipment or software in place so it can be used.
- 02
verb
Extra detailTo admit formally into an office, rank or position.
Examples
Install a vending machine in our office.
The man tried to install his own antenna.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 4
- Synonyms
- 1
Also pronounced
- /ɪnˈstoːl/
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningsTo connect, set up or prepare something for use
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.
To establish or settle in.
More examples
In contextThey're planning to install a new drainage system.
He was installed as Chancellor of the University.
I haven't installed the new operating system yet because of all the bugs.
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Origin
verb
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”),...