# install

Pronunciation: say "in-STAWL" US /ɪnˈstɔl/, UK /ɪnˈstɔːl/, AUS /ɪnˈstoːl/

## Verb

1. To connect, set up, or prepare something so that it is ready for use.
   - Simple: To put something in place and make it ready to use.
   - _The city plans to install new traffic lights at the intersection._
   - _The technicians are installing solar panels on the roof this week._
2. To transfer software onto a device's permanent storage and set it up so it is ready to run when needed.
   - Simple: To put a program onto a computer or phone so you can use it.
   - _The IT department installs security updates on every laptop each month._
   - _Before you can install the software, you need administrator privileges._
3. To place someone officially in an office, rank, or position, often in a formal ceremony.
   - Simple: To officially give someone a new position or job, often with a special event.
   - _The university will install its new president at a ceremony in October._
   - _Church leaders installed the new bishop before a crowd of thousands._
4. To establish or settle someone or something in a particular place or position.
   - Simple: To put someone or something in a place to stay.
   - _She installed herself at the kitchen table with her laptop and a pot of coffee._
   - _The colonial government sought to install loyal families in the new settlements._

## Noun

5. The process of setting up a software application on a device so it is ready to run. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: The process of putting a program onto a computer so it is ready to use.
   - _A clean install often fixes problems that updates can't._
   - _The server install failed halfway through and had to be restarted._
6. A copy of a software application that has been set up and is ready to run on a particular device. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A program that has been put onto a computer and is ready to use.
   - _Her laptop still runs a ten-year-old install of the operating system._
   - _The two installs behaved differently because of their separate configuration files._

## Origin

This came through Middle English and Old French from Medieval Latin īnstallō, meaning to put in place or establish, formed from in- plus stallum ('stall'). That root goes back through Frankish and Proto-Germanic words for 'place' or 'position', related to Old English steall.

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