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install verb [ ɪnˈstɔːl ]

• place or fix (equipment or machinery) in position ready for use.
• "we're planning to install a new shower"
Similar: put, position, place, put in place, set in place, fix, fit, locate, situate, station, site, lodge, establish, insert, plonk, park,
Opposite: remove,
• place (someone) in a new position of authority, especially with ceremony.
• "he was installed as Prime Minister in 1966"
Similar: swear in, induct, instate, inaugurate, invest, institute, introduce, appoint, admit to office, take on, ordain, consecrate, anoint, enthrone, crown,
Opposite: remove,
Origin: late Middle English (in install (sense 2)): from medieval Latin installare, from in- ‘into’ + stallum ‘place, stall’. install (sense 1) dates from the mid 19th century.


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