also instal
(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ a piece of equipment, you fit it or put it somewhere so that it is ready to be used.
They had ~ed a new phone line in the apartment.
VERB: V n
~ation
Hundreds of lives could be saved if the ~ation of alarms was more widespread.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n
2.
If someone is ~ed in a new job or important position, they are officially given the job or position, often in a special ceremony.
A new Catholic bishop was ~ed in Galway yesterday...
Professor Sawyer was formally ~ed as President last Thursday...
The army has promised to ~ a new government within a week.
VERB: be V-ed, be V-ed as n, V n
~ation
He sent a letter inviting Naomi to attend his ~ation as chief of his tribe.
N-UNCOUNT: oft with poss, N as n
3.
If you ~ yourself in a particular place, you settle there and make yourself comfortable. (FORMAL)
Before her husband’s death she had ~ed herself in a modern villa.
VERB: V pron-refl prep/adv