noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈɛm.bɛd/
/ɪmˈbɛd/
/ɛmˈbɛd/
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rhymes with -ɛd
CMU ARPABET:IH0 M B EH1 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
One thing embedded within another, as:
An embedded reporter or journalist, such as a war reporter assigned to and travelling with a military unit, or a political reporter assigned to follow and report on the campaign of a candidate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: journalism, media
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
One thing embedded within another, as:
An element of an advertisement, etc. serving as a subliminal message.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
One thing embedded within another, as:
A digital object embedded within another, which is often a document.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
The instructions showed how to embed a chart from the spreadsheet within the wordprocessor document.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
verb
Meaning 8
To define a one-to-one function from one set to another so that certain properties of the domain are preserved when considering the image as a subset of the codomain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: mathematics, sciences
Examples
The torus S1#92;timesS1 can be embedded in #92;mathbb#123;R#125;3.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
verb
Meaning 9
attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The young reporter was embedded with the Third Division
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: group, aggroup
10
verb
Meaning 10
fix or set securely or deeply
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
He planted a knee in the back of his opponent
The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: implant, engraft, imbed, plant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: insert, infix, enter, introduce
Narrower terms: pot, nest, bury, sink
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English em- Proto-Germanic *badją Proto-West Germanic *badi Old English bedd Middle English bed English bed English embed From em- + bed.
Across languages
Translations
66 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
vassit
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Afrikaans:
insit
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Arabic:
طَمَرَ
(ṭamara)
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Bulgarian:
закрепвам
(zakrepvam)
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Bulgarian:
поставям в
(postavjam v)
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Catalan:
encastar
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Chinese Mandarin:
镶嵌
(xiāng qiàn)
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Chinese Mandarin:
镶
(xiāng)
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Czech:
zapustit
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Dutch:
vastleggen
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Dutch:
inbedden
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Finnish:
upottaa
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
French:
insérer
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
French:
encastrer
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
French:
incruster
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
German:
betten
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
German:
einbetten
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Hebrew:
לְשַׁבֵּץ
(leshabéts)
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
White Hmong:
faus
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Hungarian:
beágyaz
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Italian:
incastonare
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Italian:
incastrare
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Italian:
incorporare
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Italian:
inserire
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Italian:
aggregare
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Japanese:
嵌める
(hameru)
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Japanese:
埋め込む
(umekomu)
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Occitan:
inserir
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Occitan:
enjaçar
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Portuguese:
encaixar
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Portuguese:
colocar
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Portuguese:
embutir
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Romanian:
insera
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Russian:
вде́лывать
(vdélyvatʹ)
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Russian:
вставля́ть
(vstavljátʹ)
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Russian:
вкла́дывать
(vkládyvatʹ)
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Slovak:
vložiť
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Spanish:
embutir
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Spanish:
empotrar
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Spanish:
embeber
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Swedish:
inbädda
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Vietnamese:
ấn
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Vietnamese:
đóng
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Vietnamese:
gắn
— lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
Czech:
zapustit
— to include within surrounding content
Czech:
zasadit
— to include within surrounding content
Czech:
usadit
— to include within surrounding content
Finnish:
upottaa
— to include within surrounding content
Māori:
whakarau (i ngā mahara)
— to include within surrounding content
Māori:
tāmau
— to include within surrounding content
Portuguese:
incluir
— to include within surrounding content
Portuguese:
incorporar
— to include within surrounding content
Spanish:
incrustar
— to include within surrounding content
Spanish:
incluir
— to include within surrounding content
Vietnamese:
nhúng
— to include within surrounding content
Czech:
vložit
— computing; include in another document
Danish:
indlejre i
— mathematics; embed in
Dutch:
inbedden in
— mathematics; embed in
Finnish:
upottaa
— mathematics; embed in
French:
plonger dans
— mathematics; embed in
German:
einbetten
— mathematics; embed in
Hungarian:
beágyaz
— mathematics; embed in
Italian:
inglobare
— mathematics; embed in
Norwegian Bokmål:
innsvøpt
— mathematics; embed in
Norwegian Bokmål:
innfestet
— mathematics; embed in
