Collocations for "install"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "install" in context.
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install
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- install (new) [software, updates]
- install a (new) program
- install a [patch, fix]
- updates are ready to be installed
- have you tried installing it again?
- install it to the [C] drive
- is installed on the [C] drive
- install the latest version (of)
- install for [Windows™, Mac™]
- install and [configure, run]
- had (all) new locks installed
- [easy, simple] to install
- the [update] will automatically install (itself)
- install a [bathroom, smoke detector, shower, TV antenna, shelving unit, gas stove]
- are going to install a new [bathroom]
- was installed as [director, president]
- the [new employee, tenant, visitor] was installed in a [spacious, run-down] room
'install' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
alarm
- app
- baffle
- basement
- billing
- breaker
- build
- burglar
- cabinet
- cable
- carpet
- cartridge
- cinema
- clamp
- construct
- control
- cupboard
- dishwasher
- disposal
- drainage
- drape
- driver
- dryer
- fail
- faucet
- foam
- furnace
- hitch
- instant
- kernel
- labor
- latest
- media
- metal
- monitoring
- network
- operating
- patch
- plumber
- pool
- program
- purchase
- railway
- receiver
- recorder
- refrigerator
- regular
- retrieval
- roof
- safety