INSTALL (installed, installing)
Dictionary entry overview: What does install mean?
• INSTALL (verb)
The verb INSTALL has 3 senses:
1. set up for use
2. put into an office or a position
3. place
Familiarity information: INSTALL used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• INSTALL (verb)
Meaning:
Set up for use
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
instal; install; put in; set up
Context examples:
install the washer and dryer / We put in a new sink
Hypernyms (to "install" is one way to...):
lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "install"):
retrofit (fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house)
reinstall (install again)
post; put up (put up)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
They want to install the doors
Meaning:
Put into an office or a position
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
the new president was installed immediately after the election
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "install"):
induct; invest; seat (place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position)
enthrone; invest; vest (provide with power and authority)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Meaning:
Place
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
instal; install; establish; set up
Context example:
Her manager had set her up at the Ritz
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
