to install
69
3.9
- verb
- /ɪnˈstɔl/
- Formal
:
instalar en el cargo
- (ON TV) Two weeks after the devastating attacks on the British capital, a new government has been installed and the city has begun to rebuild.
- installed as president
- install a government
- install a regime
The fascists coordinate to sow distrust and install their cold blooded leader.
- The fascists coordinate to sow distrust and install their cold blooded leader.
- And so he said, well, we need to identify somebody that we can install as the new president of Iraq.
- I think that he is trying to install people in every down ballot race up through Congress and the Senate.
- So we, me and Reg got installed as the headies.
Examples
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And if Republicans can take the House, Trump loyalists have said that they would push to install Trump as the new speaker of the House.
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When the invasion of Afghanistan was complete... ... we installed its new president, Hamid Karzai.
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But we helped install this government.
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You install a local government.
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And so he said, well, we need to identify somebody that we can install as the new president of Iraq.
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I must see her installed not as one of your dancers but as queen.
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We're taking it back, and we're installing Dr. Chamberlain here as his replacement.
Fiction book (1996) -
His youngest brother, Jonathan Appfus, was installed as the new High Priest of Judea.
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When they invaded Cambodia in 1979, the Vietnamese installed their own government, which included Hun Sen.
Academic text (2008) -
The committee gathered to formally install the new mayor during a special ceremony.
Synonyms
580
3.2
Officially choose someone for a job or role
456
2.8
To officially choose someone for a job or position
85
6.2
To give someone official power or a job, often in a ceremony
53
4.2
To give someone a formal promise before they start an official job
32
6.3
To officially begin something, often in a ceremony
31
6.2
Officially admit someone to a job or group with a ceremony
30
6.8
To put someone into an official position in a formal way
27
7.2
To officially choose someone for a job, often as a sign that they have power
1
6.6
To officially put someone into a position or office
Antonyms
Idioms
How Formal
- Formal
- Formal
32
6.3
- Formal
53
4.2
- Formal
69
3.9
- Formal
580
3.2
461
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word install comes from the old parts in- 'in' and stall 'a place or seat', so to install someone in an office is to put them 'in their seat' or position, often with a formal ceremony.