install

installer

Mettre un équipement en place ou ajouter un logiciel sur un appareil pour pouvoir l’utiliser.

En anglais simple : To put equipment or software in place and prepare it for use.

• I need to install this app.
• They installed new windows last month.
• Have you installed the latest update?

Comment l'utiliser : install something on something (Install the software on your laptop.)

Synonymes : set up, fit

Contraires : remove, uninstall

Expressions courantes : install software, install an app, install new equipment

nommer, investir

Donner officiellement à quelqu’un un poste qui lui confère une autorité.

En anglais simple : To officially give someone a position of authority.

• They installed a new president.
• She was installed as head of the college.
• The ceremony installed him in office.

Comment l'utiliser : install someone as something (They installed her as chair of the committee.); install someone in something (The board installed him in the top position.)

Synonymes : appoint, inaugurate

Contraires : remove

Expressions courantes : install someone as president, install a president, install a leader

s’installer, installer

Prendre place ou faire prendre place à quelqu’un, généralement de façon confortable.

En anglais simple : To settle yourself or someone else in a place, often comfortably.

• She installed herself by the window.
• We installed the guests in the spare room.
• He had installed himself comfortably on the sofa.

Comment l'utiliser : install yourself in/on something (He installed himself in a comfortable chair.)

Synonymes : settle

Expressions courantes : install yourself somewhere, install yourself in, install someone in

installation

Opération qui consiste à ajouter un logiciel sur un appareil et à le rendre utilisable.

En anglais simple : The process of putting software on a device and making it ready to use.

• The install took ten minutes.
• A clean install fixed the problem.
• Did the install finish successfully?

Synonymes : installation, setup

Expressions courantes : fresh install, clean install, complete the install

installation

Exemplaire d’un logiciel déjà installé et prêt à fonctionner sur un appareil précis.

En anglais simple : A copy of a software program already set up on a particular device.

• My local install works well.
• Their installs use different settings.
• We backed up the existing install before updating it.

Synonymes : installation

Expressions courantes : local install, existing install, customized install