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installing

installing

3.3
Putting a machine, system or program in place and making it ready to use
  • noun
  • /ɪnˈstɔlɪŋ/
translation icon : instalación
  • We hired professionals for the installing of the air conditioning system in our office.

Examples

  • New Methods for Installing Synthetic Underwater Pipelines: Part 1

    Academic text (2003)

  • The installing of new software on the computers took several hours.

  • The installing of the playground equipment was completed ahead of schedule.

Synonyms

installation
vsinstalling
61 3.5

Putting something in place so it is ready to use

is the same action but used as a verb form rather than a noun

How Difficult

difficult
∞ 1.6
installing
3.3
simple
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

installing singular
installings plural

Morphology

installing = install (transparent) = install + ing

The noun is a standard gerund/nominalization of the verb 'install' formed with '-ing', so the meaning is directly derived from the verb.

Etymology

The word installing comes from old parts in- meaning 'in' and stall meaning 'a place to stand', so it began as putting something into its proper place, like putting a horse into its stall. So, installing today means putting equipment or software in the right place and making it ready to use.