adj
Meaning 1
Having been inset.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- the inset diamonds
- the inset liners
Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
inset
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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/ˈɪnsɛt/
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noun
Meaning 2
A smaller thing set into a larger thing, such as a small picture inside a larger one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a map of the whole state with city maps as insets
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noun
Meaning 3
Anything inserted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A small piece of material used to strengthen a garment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
A modular microphone that can be removed from a telephone handset without disassembly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications
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noun
Meaning 6
An opening partway down a shaft, giving access to the intermediate levels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, mining
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verb
Meaning 7
To set in; infix or implant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 8
To insert something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 9
To add an inset to something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 10
a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: gusset
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: piece of cloth, piece of material
noun
Meaning 11
an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: insert
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: artifact, artefact
Narrower terms: dickey, dickie, dicky, shirtfront
noun
Meaning 12
a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: picture, image, icon, ikon
verb
Meaning 13
set or place in
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
History
Etymology
From Middle English insetten, from Old English insettan (“to set in, institute, appoint”), equivalent to in- + set. Cognate with Dutch inzetten (“to insert, set in”), Low German insetten (“to set in”), German einsetzen (“to insert, employ”), Danish indsætte (“to insert”), Swedish insätta (“to inset, induct, institute”), Icelandic innsetja (“to install”).
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: прибавка (pribavka) — smaller thing set into a larger thing
- Finnish: insertti — smaller thing set into a larger thing
- German: Einsatz — smaller thing set into a larger thing
- Polish: wkładka — smaller thing set into a larger thing
- Russian: вкле́йка (vkléjka) — smaller thing set into a larger thing
- Russian: вкла́дка (vkládka) — smaller thing set into a larger thing
- Russian: вкла́дыш (vkládyš) — smaller thing set into a larger thing
- Spanish: inserto — smaller thing set into a larger thing
- Finnish: insertti — anything inserted
- Russian: вкле́йка (vkléjka) — anything inserted
- Russian: вкла́дка (vkládka) — anything inserted
- Russian: вста́вка (vstávka) — anything inserted
- Russian: вкла́дыш (vkládyš) — anything inserted
- Spanish: inserto — anything inserted
- Finnish: vahvike — small piece of material used to strengthen a garment
- Russian: вста́вка (vstávka) — small piece of material used to strengthen a garment
- Spanish: refuerzo — small piece of material used to strengthen a garment
- Spanish: parche — small piece of material used to strengthen a garment