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install (something) in (someone or something)

To insert some device or machine into someone or something. They're coming to install the new dishwasher in our kitchen tomorrow, thank goodness. Yeah, the orthodontist is going to install a permanent retainer in my mouth. As fun as it is getting dressed in the dark, could you please install a functioning light in my bedroom?
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install as (something)

To formally induct someone into a particular office or role. A noun or pronoun can be used between "install" and "as." Sharon will be installed as our mayor next Friday. When will we be installed as members of the honor society? I know you're the governor-elect, so when will they install you as the new governor?
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install(ed) base

business jargon The number units of a particular product or service that are currently in use, especially software or an Internet or computing platform. (Also referred to as "install(ed) user base" or simply "user base.") There have been fears that the computer giant's existing installed base may decline after their newest operating system is implemented. The video game developer's insistence on backwards compatibility in their newest console shows an earnest effort to keep their install base happy. We won't be able to attract big-name advertisers to the app until we have a much larger installed base.
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install(ed) user base

business jargon The number units of a particular product or service that are currently in use, especially software or an Internet or computing platform. (Also referred to as "install(ed) base" or "user base.") There have been fears that the computer giant's existing installed user base may decline after their newest operating system is implemented. The video game developer's insistence on backwards compatibility in their newest console shows an earnest effort to keep their install user base happy. We won't be able to attract big-name advertisers to the app until we have a much larger installed user base.
See also: base, user
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install someone as something

to inaugurate or launch someone into the role of something. The board installed Jerry as the new parliamentarian. She installed herself as the boss of the kitchen and wouldn't allow anyone else in.
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install something in someone or something

to insert or build something into someone or something. We are going to install a trash compactor in our kitchen. The doctors installed a pacemaker in Donald.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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