install

To put equipment or software in place and prepare it for use.

• I need to install this app.
• They installed new windows last month.
• Have you installed the latest update?

How to use it: install something on something (Install the software on your laptop.)

Similar words: set up, fit

Opposites: remove, uninstall

Common phrases: install software, install an app, install new equipment

To officially give someone a position of authority.

• They installed a new president.
• She was installed as head of the college.
• The ceremony installed him in office.

How to use it: install someone as something (They installed her as chair of the committee.); install someone in something (The board installed him in the top position.)

Similar words: appoint, inaugurate

Opposites: remove

Common phrases: install someone as president, install a president, install a leader

To settle yourself or someone else in a place, often comfortably.

• She installed herself by the window.
• We installed the guests in the spare room.
• He had installed himself comfortably on the sofa.

How to use it: install yourself in/on something (He installed himself in a comfortable chair.)

Similar words: settle

Common phrases: install yourself somewhere, install yourself in, install someone in

The process of putting software on a device and making it ready to use.

• The install took ten minutes.
• A clean install fixed the problem.
• Did the install finish successfully?

Similar words: installation, setup

Common phrases: fresh install, clean install, complete the install

A copy of a software program already set up on a particular device.

• My local install works well.
• Their installs use different settings.
• We backed up the existing install before updating it.

Similar words: installation

Common phrases: local install, existing install, customized install