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install - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'install' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Install [ v. t.]
- To set in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a place.
- To place in an office, rank, or order; to invest with any charge by the usual ceremonies; to instate; to induct; as, to install an ordained minister as pastor of a church; to install a college president.

Meaning of 'install' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . install [ v]
Meaning (1):
- place
Example in sentence:
  • Her manager had set her up at the Ritz
Meaning (2):
- set up for use
Example in sentence:
  • install the washer and dryer;
  • We put in a new sink
Meaning (3):
- put into an office or a position
Example in sentence:
  • the new president was installed immediately after the election