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verb ADV. properly, safely Make sure the equipment is properly installed. (figurative) She saw her guests safely installed in their rooms and then went downstairs. | easily The loft ladder is easily installed. | successfully | professionally A professionally installed alarm will cost from about £500. VERB + INSTALL be easy to, be simple to The switches are cheap to buy and easy to install. PHRASES newly/recently installed a recently installed swimming pool
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install
to put a piece of equipment somewhere and connect it so that it is ready to be used:
• The company is installing a new computer system. • How much does it cost to install central heating?
put in
to install something. Put in is more common in everyday English than install and is used especially about things that are not very complicated to install:
• The workmen are coming to put the new windows in today. • They removed the bath and put in a shower instead.
fit
to put a new part or piece of equipment into or onto something:
• I had to fit new locks after the burglary. • All vehicles must have seatbelts fitted.
lay
to put cables or a carpet in the correct place on the ground:
• Work on laying the telephone cables has not yet begun. • Two workmen were laying carpet tiles in the kitchen.
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