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insert
[ verb in-surt; noun in-surt ]
verb (used with object)
- to put or place in:
to insert a key in a lock.
- to introduce or cause to be introduced into the body of something:
to insert an extra paragraph in an article.
noun
- something inserted or to be inserted.
- an extra leaf or section, printed independently, for binding or tipping into a book or periodical, especially a leaf or section consisting of an illustration or advertisement printed on different paper.
- any small picture, device, etc., surrounded partly or completely by body type.
- a paper, circular, etc., placed within the folds of a newspaper or the leaves of a book, periodical, etc.
- Movies, Radio and Television. cut-in ( defs 1, 2 )
insert
verb
- to put in or between; introduce
- to introduce, as into text, such as a newspaper; interpolate
noun
- something inserted
- a folded section placed in another for binding in with a book
- a printed sheet, esp one bearing advertising, placed loose between the leaves of a book, periodical, etc
- another word for cut in
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Derived Forms
- inˈsertable, adjective
- inˈserter, noun
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Other Words From
- in·serta·ble adjective
- in·serter noun
- inter·in·sert verb (used with object)
- prein·sert verb (used with object)
- rein·sert verb (used with object)
- subin·sert verb (used with object)
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of insert1
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Example Sentences
Mixner would insert it via an IV and hold his friend until the drip was completed.
These tend to arrive when Shuler tempers his impulse to insert himself into the action.
Klinsmann may also insert Aron Johannsson at some point if the Americans need added juice up front.
The state likely will lead in the countervailing lawsuits when (insert a horrid disease here) is found to be linked to e-puffing.
Insert your own cognitive disabilities from head-butting in the House of Representatives joke.
All insert yis (or yes) before parde; which spoils both sense and metre.
All insert white after Was, which spoils metre and story (see l. 948).
All badly insert pure (dissyllabic) before flat; but smothe has two syllables.
At the head they insert a bamboo knot, with its point well sharpened into two edges.
Those chiefs generally insert gold in the teeth, which is so well fitted that it does not hinder their talking or eating at all.
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