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insert

noun · verb · 20 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: ĭnʹsût
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɪnsɜːt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: ĭnʹsûrt
  • General-American: /ˈɪnsɝt/
  • Received-Pronunciation: ĭnsûtʹ
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɜːt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: ĭnsûrtʹ
  • General-American: /ɪnˈsɝt/
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N S ER1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: IH1 N S ER2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An image inserted into text.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A promotional or instructive leaflet inserted into a magazine, newspaper, tape or disk package, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • This software can print compact disc inserts if you have the right size of paper.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A mechanical component inserted into another.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a threaded insert

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A sequence of DNA inserted into another DNA molecule.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A pre-recorded segment included as part of a live broadcast.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: broadcasting, media, television

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A diaper insert.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A plug-in that adds an effect to an audio track.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: audio effects

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A key that when pressed switches between the overtype mode and the insert mode of a computer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To put in between or into.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • In order to withdraw money from a cash machine, you have to insert your debit card.
  • To make your proof easier to understand, I recommend you insert a few more steps.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

(film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cut-in

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: break, interruption, disruption, gap

14

noun

Meaning 14

(broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cut-in

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: break, interruption, disruption, gap

15

noun

Meaning 15

an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inset

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: artifact, artefact

Narrower terms: dickey, dickie, dicky, shirtfront

16

noun

Meaning 16

a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: section, subdivision

17

verb

Meaning 17

introduce

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Insert your ticket here

Meaning relationships

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

18

verb

Meaning 18

insert casually

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She slipped in a reference to her own work

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: slip in, stick in, sneak in

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: add, append, supply

Narrower terms: spatchcock

19

verb

Meaning 19

fit snugly into

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • insert your ticket into the slot
  • tuck your shirttail in

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tuck

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: enclose, close in, inclose, shut in

20

verb

Meaning 20

put or introduce into something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • insert a picture into the text

Meaning relationships

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

Etymology

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

Translations

134 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Caló: chon de luto — image inserted into text
  • Finnish: kuvituskuva — image inserted into text
  • French: in texte — image inserted into text
  • French: illustration — image inserted into text
  • Hebrew: תְּמוּנָה (tmuna) — image inserted into text
  • Hungarian: inzert — image inserted into text
  • Ladino: imajen inserta (Castilianism) — image inserted into text
  • Ladino: imajen metida — image inserted into text
  • Latin: typus insertus — image inserted into text
  • Russian: вкле́йка (vkléjka) — image inserted into text
  • Russian: вста́вка (vstávka) — image inserted into text
  • Russian: вкла́дыш (vkládyš) — image inserted into text
  • Sindhi: तस्वीर (tasveer) — image inserted into text
  • Spanish: recuadro — image inserted into text
  • Bulgarian: вложка (vložka) — inserted leaflet
  • Caló: liló de jaba — inserted leaflet
  • Finnish: mainosliite — inserted leaflet
  • French: encart — inserted leaflet
  • German: Beilage — inserted leaflet
  • Hungarian: betétlap — inserted leaflet
  • Hungarian: melléklet — inserted leaflet
  • Hungarian: reklámanyag — inserted leaflet
  • Ladino: foyeto — inserted leaflet
  • Latin: schedula — inserted leaflet
  • Luxembourgish: Bäilag — inserted leaflet
  • Polish: wkładka — inserted leaflet
  • Polish: wrzutka — inserted leaflet
  • Portuguese: encarte — inserted leaflet
  • Russian: вкле́йка (vkléjka) — inserted leaflet
  • Russian: вста́вка (vstávka) — inserted leaflet
  • Russian: вкла́дыш (vkládyš) — inserted leaflet
  • Sindhi: पर्णो (parno) — inserted leaflet
  • Spanish: encarte — inserted leaflet
  • Arabic: بياسة داخلة (pièce dakhla) — a mechanical component inserted into another
  • Caló: chulí de claba — a mechanical component inserted into another
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嵌入件 (qiànrù jiàn) — a mechanical component inserted into another
  • Hebrew: תּוֹשָׁב (toshav) — a mechanical component inserted into another
  • Ladino: encaixe — a mechanical component inserted into another
  • Latin: embolium — a mechanical component inserted into another
  • Sindhi: पुर्जो (purjo) — a mechanical component inserted into another
  • Spanish: inserto — a mechanical component inserted into another
  • Spanish: insertivo — a mechanical component inserted into another
  • Albanian: shti — put in between or into
  • Albanian: fus — put in between or into
  • Arabic: أَدْخَلَ (ʔadḵala) — put in between or into
  • Arabic: دخل (dakhkhal) — put in between or into
  • Armenian: ներդնել (nerdnel) — put in between or into
  • Armenian: մտցնել (mtcʻnel) — put in between or into
  • Armenian: զետեղել (zeteġel) — put in between or into
  • Assamese: ভৰোৱা (bhorüa) — put in between or into
  • Azerbaijani: salmaq — put in between or into
  • Azerbaijani: soxmaq — put in between or into
  • Belarusian: устаўля́ць (ustawljácʹ) — put in between or into
  • Belarusian: ўстаўля́ць (wstawljácʹ) — put in between or into
  • Belarusian: уста́віць (ustávicʹ) — put in between or into
  • Belarusian: ўста́віць (wstávicʹ) — put in between or into
  • Belarusian: упі́сваць (upísvacʹ) — put in between or into
  • Belarusian: ўпі́сваць (wpísvacʹ) — put in between or into
  • Belarusian: упіса́ць (upisácʹ) — put in between or into
  • Belarusian: ўпіса́ць (wpisácʹ) — put in between or into
  • Bulgarian: вмъквам (vmǎkvam) — put in between or into
  • Bulgarian: пъхвам (pǎhvam) — put in between or into
  • Caló: chibelar — put in between or into
  • Catalan: inserir — put in between or into
  • Chinese Mandarin: 插入 (chārù) — put in between or into
  • Chinese Mandarin: 插上 (chāshang) — put in between or into
  • Dutch: invoegen — put in between or into
  • Esperanto: enmeti — put in between or into
  • Finnish: laittaa sisään — put in between or into
  • Finnish: laittaa väliin — put in between or into
  • French: insérer — put in between or into
  • French: introduire — put in between or into
  • French: insinuer — put in between or into
  • Galician: inserir — put in between or into
  • German: einsetzen — put in between or into
  • German: einfügen — put in between or into
  • German: einwerfen — put in between or into
  • Ancient Greek: ἐντίθημι (entíthēmi) — put in between or into
  • Hebrew: לְהַכְנִיס (lehakhnis) — put in between or into
  • Irish: ionsáigh — put in between or into
  • Italian: inserire — put in between or into
  • Japanese: 差し込む (sashikomu) — put in between or into
  • Japanese: 挟み込む (hasamikomu) — put in between or into
  • Japanese: 挿入する (sōnyū suru) — put in between or into
  • Japanese: 入れる (ireru) — put in between or into
  • Khmer: ជៀត (ciet) — put in between or into
  • Khmer: ស៊ក (sɔɔk) — put in between or into
  • Khmer: ភ្ជង់ (pcʊəŋ) — put in between or into
  • Khmer: ញាត់ (ɲoat) — put in between or into
  • Khmer: ឈ្មៀត (cmiet) — put in between or into
  • Korean: 삽입하다 (sabiphada) — put in between or into
  • Korean: 넣다 (neota) — put in between or into
  • Ladino: encaixar — put in between or into
  • Latin: indō — put in between or into
  • Linngithigh: thoc — put in between or into
  • Malay: masukkan — put in between or into
  • Malay: cucuk — put in between or into
  • Māori: kōkuhu — put in between or into
  • Māori: kōuru — put in between or into
  • Māori: komo — put in between or into
  • Māori: kokomo — put in between or into
  • Māori: whakatō — put in between or into
  • Occitan: inserir — put in between or into
  • Persian: تو گذشتن — put in between or into
  • Polish: wstawiać — put in between or into
  • Polish: wstawić — put in between or into
  • Portuguese: inserir — put in between or into
  • Portuguese: enxertar — put in between or into
  • Romanian: insera — put in between or into
  • Romanian: băga — put in between or into
  • Russian: вставля́ть (vstavljátʹ) — put in between or into
  • Russian: вста́вить (vstávitʹ) — put in between or into
  • Russian: вкла́дывать (vkládyvatʹ) — put in between or into
  • Russian: вложи́ть (vložítʹ) — put in between or into
  • Russian: впи́сывать (vpísyvatʹ) — put in between or into
  • Russian: вписа́ть (vpisátʹ) — put in between or into
  • Sindhi: वझणु (vajhan) — put in between or into
  • Slovene: vstáviti — put in between or into
  • Spanish: insertar — put in between or into
  • Spanish: enserir — put in between or into
  • Spanish: injerir — put in between or into
  • Spanish: inserir — put in between or into
  • Swedish: sätta i — put in between or into
  • Swedish: stoppa in — put in between or into
  • Swedish: infoga — put in between or into
  • Swedish: skjuta in — put in between or into
  • Swedish: lägga in — put in between or into
  • Thai: แทรก (sɛ̂ɛk) — put in between or into
  • Turkish: sokmak — put in between or into
  • Ottoman Turkish: صوقمق (sokmak) — put in between or into
  • Ukrainian: вставля́ти (vstavljáty) — put in between or into
  • Ukrainian: вста́вити (vstávyty) — put in between or into
  • Vietnamese: chèn — put in between or into
  • Vietnamese: nhét — put in between or into
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