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preinstall

verb

Etymology

From pre- + install.

  1. derived from *stel-✻
  2. derived from *stallaz✻ — “place, position”
  3. derived from *stall✻
  4. derived from īnstallō — “to install, put in place, establish”
  5. derived from installer
  6. inherited from installen
  7. prefixed as preinstall — “pre- + install”

Definitions

  1. To install (software, etc.) in advance.

    • My computer came with the operating system preinstalled.
    • The Scots have had the foresight to install passive provision for electrification, having plans in existence and by pre-installing piles for OLE (overhead line equipment) mast bases.

  2. Prior to installation.

    • I can't install this software because one of the preinstall checks failed.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for preinstall. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA