adjective

installed

installed, fitted

The new software is installed.

The new software is installed.

The installed system works well.

The installed system works well.

((sth.)) is installed ((sth.)) is put in place and made ready to use The new software is installed.

Synonyms: set up, fitted, placed; Antonyms: uninstalled, removed

From the verb 'install', from Medieval Latin 'installare' ('to put in a stall or seat'), plus the '-ed' suffix for past participles/adjectives.

Imagine something being put 'in' a 'stall' or place, and now it's fixed there. It's 'installed'.

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