noun
Meaning 1
An image inserted into text.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
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.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
An image inserted into text.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A promotional or instructive leaflet inserted into a magazine, newspaper, tape or disk package, etc.
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noun
A mechanical component inserted into another.
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noun
An expression, such as "please" or an interjection, that may occur at various points in an utterance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
A sequence of DNA inserted into another DNA molecule.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
A pre-recorded segment included as part of a live broadcast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, media, television
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noun
A close-up shot used to draw attention to a particular element of a larger scene.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
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noun
A diaper insert.
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Usage: informal
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noun
A plug-in that adds an effect to an audio track.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: audio effects
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noun
A key to toggle between text insert mode and overwrite mode.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
A key that when pressed switches between the overtype mode and the insert mode of a computer.
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verb
To put in between or into.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
(film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cut-in
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Broader terms: break, interruption, disruption, gap
noun
(broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cut-in
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Broader terms: break, interruption, disruption, gap
noun
an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: inset
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Broader terms: artifact, artefact
Narrower terms: dickey, dickie, dicky, shirtfront
noun
a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: section, subdivision
verb
introduce
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Narrower terms: plug, inoculate, inset, glass, catheterize, catheterise, cup, intersperse, interlard, feed, feed in, slip, foist, inject, shoot
verb
insert casually
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: slip in, stick in, sneak in
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Broader terms: add, append, supply
Narrower terms: spatchcock
verb
fit snugly into
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: tuck
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Broader terms: enclose, close in, inclose, shut in
verb
put or introduce into something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: infix, enter, introduce
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: attach
Narrower terms: plug in, plug into, connect, penetrate, cannulate, cannulize, cannulise, intubate, canulate, input, instill, instil, implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant, sandwich, transplant, graft
History
From Latin insertus, past participle of inserō, from in- + serō (“join, bind together, connect, entwine, interweave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together, to line up”). Compare exsert.
Across languages
134 source translations are retained for this English entry.