installation English · revision 7282

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=mid-15th century|origins=la-med installo}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌɪn.stəˈleɪ.ʃən/ ''(UK)''; /ˌɪn.stəˈleɪ.ʃən/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-med|installatio]], from the past participle stem of [[m|la-med|installo|alt=installāre|t=to install]] (see [[install]]),^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)^(MWU 2024) partly through French.^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The installing of someone in a church office or other position: the mid-15th century in Etymonline, late Middle English in SOED, 1606 in the OED.^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The setting up of machinery or apparatus for use is from 1882.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The apparatus itself, and a military or industrial establishment, followed.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023) In art, a large work created for a particular space is from 1969.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * mid-15th century – installing in office.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1606 – the action of installing.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1882 – setting up machinery.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1969 – an art installation.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of installing equipment or software, or the equipment itself.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A military or industrial establishment: ''a nuclear installation''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The formal placing of someone in an office.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A large artwork made for a particular space.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[preinstallation]]

+ * [[reinstallation]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[install]]

+ * [[instalment]]

+ * [[stall]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}