🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

설치하다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: seolchihada

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Install/ɪnˈstɔːl/
verbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1450 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"스마트폰에 새로운 애플리케이션을 설치했습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To place equipment, machinery, or software in position and make it ready for use.

    "The technician will install the new air conditioning unit tomorrow morning."
  2. 2

    To place someone in an office, rank, or position of authority or dignity.

    "The committee will formally install the new chairperson at the ceremony."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Medieval Latin 'installare', combining 'in-' (in, into) and 'stallum' (stall, place, seat), referring originally to placing an ecclesiastical official in a stall or seat of dignity. Over centuries, the meaning broadened via Old French and Middle English to include placing any piece of equipment, apparatus, or software in position for service or use.

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