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installation

noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.stəˈleɪ.ʃən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˌɪn.stəˈleɪ.ʃən/
  • Australian: /ˌɪn.stəˈlæɪʃən/
  • India: /ɪn.sʈɔː.leː.ʃən/
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N S T AH0 L EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An act of installing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The installation of the new software took only a few minutes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Something installed, especially the whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A work of installation art.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The museum is displaying a modern art installation.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A grouping of facilities that constitute a permanent military base.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • A military installation was built near the border.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the act of installing something (as equipment)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the telephone installation took only a few minutes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: installing, installment, instalment

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: beginning, start, commencement

6

noun

Meaning 6

a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the assembly plant is an enormous facility

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: facility

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: artifact, artefact

Narrower terms: airfield, landing field, flying field, field, arboretum, botanical garden, athletic facility, backroom, cafeteria facility, communication system, communication equipment, course, depository, deposit, depositary, repository, drive-in, forum, assembly, meeting place, gas system, menagerie, zoo, zoological garden, military installation, power system, power grid, grid, range, recreational facility, recreation facility, sewage system, sewer system, sewage works, source, station, transportation system, transportation, transit, utility, water system, water supply, water

7

noun

Meaning 7

a formal entry into an organization or position or office

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his initiation into the club
  • he was ordered to report for induction into the army
  • he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: initiation, induction

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ceremony, ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance

Narrower terms: inauguration, inaugural, coronation, enthronement, enthronization, enthronisation, investiture, bar mitzvah, bat mitzvah, bath mitzvah, bas mitzvah

History

Etymology

From Middle French installation, from Medieval Latin installātiō. By surface analysis, install + -ation. Compare with Piedmontese istallassion.

Across languages

Translations

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: ашьақәыргылара (ašakwərgəlara) — act of installing
  • Armenian: տեղադրում (teġadrum) — act of installing
  • Armenian: տեղակայում (teġakayum) — act of installing
  • Bulgarian: инсталиране (instalirane) — act of installing
  • Bulgarian: монтиране (montirane) — act of installing
  • Catalan: instal·lació — act of installing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 安裝 /安装 (ānzhuāng) — act of installing
  • Dutch: installatie — act of installing
  • Finnish: asennus — act of installing
  • Finnish: asentaminen — act of installing
  • Finnish: nimittäminen — act of installing
  • Finnish: asettuminen — act of installing
  • French: installation — act of installing
  • Galician: instalación — act of installing
  • Georgian: დამონტაჟება (damonṭažeba) — act of installing
  • Georgian: დაყენება (daq̇eneba) — act of installing
  • Georgian: დადგმა (dadgma) — act of installing
  • Georgian: აწყობა (ac̣q̇oba) — act of installing
  • Georgian: ინსტალაცია (insṭalacia) — act of installing
  • Georgian: დაინსტალირება (dainsṭalireba) — act of installing
  • German: Installation — act of installing
  • Greek: εγκατάσταση (egkatástasi) — act of installing
  • Indonesian: pemasangan — act of installing
  • Indonesian: instalasi — act of installing
  • Italian: installazione — act of installing
  • Italian: insediamento — act of installing
  • Italian: presa di possesso — act of installing
  • Japanese: インストール (insutōru) — act of installing
  • Japanese: 取り付け (toritsuke) — act of installing
  • Malay: pemasangan — act of installing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: installering — act of installing
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: installering — act of installing
  • Persian: نصب کردن (nasb kardan) — act of installing
  • Polish: instalacja — act of installing
  • Polish: montaż — act of installing
  • Polish: instalowanie — act of installing
  • Portuguese: instalação — act of installing
  • Romanian: instalație — act of installing
  • Romanian: instalare — act of installing
  • Russian: устано́вка (ustanóvka) — act of installing
  • Russian: инсталля́ция (installjácija) — act of installing
  • Russian: монта́ж (montáž) — act of installing
  • Spanish: instalación — act of installing
  • Swedish: installation — act of installing
  • Turkish: kurulum — act of installing
  • Turkish: enstalasyon — act of installing
  • Bulgarian: инсталация (instalacija) — something installed
  • Catalan: instal·lació — something installed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 裝置 /装置 (zhuāngzhì) — something installed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 設施 /设施 (shèshī) — something installed
  • Czech: instalace — something installed
  • Dutch: installatie — something installed
  • Finnish: asennus — something installed
  • French: installation — something installed
  • Galician: instalación — something installed
  • German: Anlage — something installed
  • Greek: εγκατάσταση (egkatástasi) — something installed
  • Indonesian: instalasi — something installed
  • Italian: installazione — something installed
  • Italian: impianto — something installed
  • Japanese: 装置 (sōchi) — something installed
  • Japanese: 設備 (setsubi) — something installed
  • Norwegian Bokmål: installasjon — something installed
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: installasjon — something installed
  • Polish: instalacja — something installed
  • Portuguese: instalação — something installed
  • Romanian: instalație — something installed
  • Russian: устано́вка (ustanóvka) — something installed
  • Russian: обору́дование (oborúdovanije) — something installed
  • Spanish: instalación — something installed
  • Swedish: installation — something installed
  • Bulgarian: инсталация (instalacija) — work of installation art
  • Catalan: instal·lació — work of installation art
  • Catalan: intervenció — work of installation art
  • Finnish: installaatio — work of installation art
  • Galician: instalación — work of installation art
  • Greek: εγκατάσταση (egkatástasi) — work of installation art
  • Norwegian Bokmål: installasjon — work of installation art
  • Polish: instalacja — work of installation art
  • Romanian: instalație — work of installation art
  • Swedish: installation — work of installation art
  • Turkish: enstalasyon — work of installation art
  • Bulgarian: база (baza) — facilities which constitute a permanent military base
  • Finnish: varustukset — facilities which constitute a permanent military base
  • Greek: εγκατάσταση (egkatástasi) — facilities which constitute a permanent military base
  • Polish: baza — facilities which constitute a permanent military base
  • Spanish: instalación — facilities which constitute a permanent military base
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