installing

verb

Sayin-STAWL-ingUS/ɪnˈstɔlɪŋ/UK/ɪnˈstɔːlɪŋ/AUS/ɪnˈstoːlɪŋ/

1 meaning of installing

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verb
Present participle and gerund of install.
The crew is installing solar panels across the entire rooftop.
Installing the new operating system took longer than anyone expected.
Note
One form carries every job the verb does: wiring in a dishwasher, putting software on a laptop, swearing in a new mayor, even settling yourself somewhere, as in installing herself by the fire. As a gerund it names the activity itself (installing the update took an hour). The finished result is usually called an installation, or, informally in software talk, simply an install.

installing is a form of install

install, verb: To connect, set up, or prepare something so that it is ready for use. Full entry

Forms: installinstalls he/she/itinstalling -ing forminstalled past tense, past participle
Spelling: install → installing: add -ing

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