install

Other forms of install

past tense

installed·

present participle

installing·

third person

installs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about install

What does install mean?

install means "set up for use". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in install?

install has 2 syllables: in-stall. The stress falls on "stall". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈstɔl/.

What is another word for install?

Close synonyms include instal, put in, set up, instal, instal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is install a common word?

install is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with install?

2 words rhyme with install. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.