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
The act of inserting, or something inserted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The distal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will be moved by the muscle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The process of going from subcritical to prompt critical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: atomic weapons
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the act of putting one thing into another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: introduction, intromission
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: movement
Narrower terms: cannulation, canulation, cannulization, cannulisation, canulization, canulisation, intubation, instillation, instillment, instilment, enclosure, enclosing, envelopment, inclosure, injection, transfusion, blood transfusion, perfusion
noun
a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: interpolation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: message, content, subject matter, substance
History
Etymology tree English insert Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English insertion From insert + -ion.
Across languages
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
