INSTALLED

INSTALL

install, instal, put in, set up

(verb) set up for use; “install the washer and dryer”; “We put in a new sink”

install, instal, set up, establish

(verb) place; “Her manager had set her up at the Ritz”

install, instal

(verb) put into an office or a position; “the new president was installed immediately after the election”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

installed

simple past tense and past participle of install

readied for use

(literally)

"They installed the alarm."

(of computer software)

"The system came with a word processor installed."

put into position

• "A new chancellor was installed."

placed

• "He was installed at the watch tower."

Synonyms

• (placed): set up, established

• (readied): set up, put in, readied

Anagrams

• deinstall

Source: Wiktionary


INSTALL

In*stall", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Installed; p. pr. & vb. n. Installing.] Etym: [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.]

1. To set in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a place. She installed her guest hospitably by the fireside. Sir W. Scott.

2. 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. Unworthily Thou wast installed in that high degree. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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TRANSPOSITION

(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


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