installing

5 definitions • 4 examples

present participle of

to put furniture, a machine, or a piece of equipment into position and make it ready to use:

The plumber is coming tomorrow to install the new washing machine.

to put a computer program onto a computer so that the computer can use it:

Andrew, can you help me install this software?

to put someone in an important job or position:

install someone as something She has installed a couple of young academics as her advisers.

to put someone/yourself in a comfortable position where you want to stay:

He seems to have installed himself in your spare room for good!