instal

instal
verb
1. set up for use (Freq. 6)
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install the washer and dryer

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We put in a new sink

• Syn: ↑install, ↑put in, ↑set up
• Derivationally related forms: ↑instalment, ↑installing, ↑installment (for: ↑install), ↑installation (for: ↑install), ↑installing (for: ↑install)
• Hypernyms: ↑put, ↑set, ↑place, ↑pose, ↑position, ↑lay
• Hyponyms: ↑retrofit, ↑reinstall, ↑post, ↑put up
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Somebody ——s somebody PP

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Somebody ——s something PP

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They want to instal the doors

2. put into an office or a position
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the new president was installed immediately after the election

• Syn: ↑install
• Derivationally related forms: ↑installation (for: ↑install)
• Hyponyms: ↑induct, ↑invest, ↑seat, ↑vest, ↑enthrone
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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Somebody ——s somebody PP

3. place
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Her manager had set her up at the Ritz

• Syn: ↑install, ↑set up, ↑establish
• Derivationally related forms: ↑installation (for: ↑install)
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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transitive verb

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/in stawl"/, v.t., installed, installing.
install.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • instal — Install In*stall , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Installed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Installing}.] [F. installer, LL. installare, fr. pref. in in + OHG. stal a place, stall, G. stall, akin to E. stall: cf. It. installare. See {Stall}.] [Written also {instal}.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • instal — [16] To instal someone was originally literally to put them ‘into a stall’. The word comes from medieval Latin installāre, a compound verb based on the noun stallum ‘stall’, and referred originally to the formal induction of someone into an… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • instal — in·stall || ɪn stɔːl v. set up for use, put in (i.e. machinery); establish in an office or position; formally induct into office, inaugurate (also instal) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • instal — [16] To instal someone was originally literally to put them ‘into a stall’. The word comes from medieval Latin installāre, a compound verb based on the noun stallum ‘stall’, and referred originally to the formal induction of someone into an… …   Word origins

  • instal — chiefly British variant of install …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • instal — /in stawl /, v.t., installed, installing. install. * * * …   Universalium

  • instal — 1. verb To pay by instalments. 2. noun Installation …   Wiktionary

  • instal — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb See install …   English dictionary for students

  • instal — see install …   English dictionary

  • instal — verb (T) 1 to put a piece of equipment somewhere and connect it so that it is ready to be used: They ve installed the new network at last. 2 to put someone in an important job or position, especially with a ceremony: Churchill was installed as… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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