installationnoun
uk/ˌɪn.stəˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɪn.stəˈleɪ.ʃən/installation noun (EQUIPMENT/FURNITURE)
C1 [ U ] an occasion when equipment, furniture, or a computer program is put into position or made ready to use:
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Placing and positioning an object
- -based
- appose
- bung
- change sth around
- clap
- consign
- consign sb/sth to sth
- fit
- manoeuvre
- perch
- pop
- position
- sandwich sth together
- set sb down
- shelve
- shove
- situate
- stand
- stuff
- whack
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installation noun (PLACE)
[ C ] a place where there are buildings and equipment that have a particular, especially military, purpose:
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Places involved in military activity
- base
- Bastille
- battlefield
- battleground
- beachhead
- billet
- boot camp
- camp
- fort
- garrison
- GHQ
- guard post
- guardhouse
- line
- PX
- redoubt
- sentry box
- staging area
- the front line
- theatre
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installation noun (JOB)
[ U ] an occasion when someone is put in an important job or position:
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Ceremonies
- cavalcade
- ceremonial
- ceremony
- commemorate
- commencement
- induction
- initiate
- knight
- master of ceremonies
- MC
- nuptials
- officiate
- pageant
- salute
- solemnize
- speech day
- state occasion
- swearing-in
- the red carpet
- troop
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installation noun (ART)
[ C ] a form of modern sculpture where the artist uses sound, movement, or space as well as objects in order to make an often temporary work of art
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Sculpture
- bas-relief
- bronze
- bust
- carve
- carving
- cherub
- cupid
- hew
- maquette
- plaster cast
- plinth
- relief
- sculpt
- sculptured
- sphinx
- statuary
- statue
- statuette
- waxwork
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