insert
UK /ɪnˈsɜːt/ · US /ɪnˈsɝt/ verb, noun
Forms inserts inserting inserted
- verb (transitive) To put in between or into. “In order to withdraw money from a cash machine, you have to insert your debit card.”
- noun An image inserted into text.
- noun A promotional or instructive leaflet inserted into a magazine, newspaper, tape or disk package, etc. “This software can print compact disc inserts if you have the right size of paper.”
- noun A mechanical component inserted into another. “a threaded insert”
- noun (linguistics) An expression, such as "please" or an interjection, that may occur at various points in an utterance.
- noun (genetics) A sequence of DNA inserted into another DNA molecule.
- noun (television) A pre-recorded segment included as part of a live broadcast.
- noun (film, television) A close-up shot used to draw attention to a particular element of a larger scene.
- noun (childcare, informal) A diaper insert.
- noun A key that when pressed switches between the overtype mode and the insert mode of a computer.
Synonyms
enter inset introduce put in put inside Ins cut-in infix enclose inclose stick in tuck slip in sneak in
Antonyms
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.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to insert a letter, word, or passage in a composition; to insert an advertisement in a newspaper.
Etymology [L. insertus, p. p. of inserere to insert; pref. in- in + serere to join, connect. See Series.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “insert”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details