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  • present participle of embed.
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embedding

American  
[em-bed-ing] / ɛmˈbɛd ɪŋ /
Also imbedding

noun

Mathematics.
  1. the mapping of one set into another.


embedding British  
/ ɪmˈbɛdɪŋ /

noun

  1. the practice of assigning or being assigned a journalist to accompany an active military unit

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of embedding

embed + -ing 1

Example Sentences

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"By embedding these microbes, plastics could effectively 'come alive' and self-destruct on command, turning durability from a problem into a programmable feature," explains Dai.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

They tricked image recognition systems into mistaking photographs of cats for guacamole, and found new ways of embedding inaudible Alexa commands into five-second snippets of classical music.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

He added that “the current emergency in Garden Grove is just an example of this longer embedding of industry around L.A.”

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2026

Meanwhile Google, whose AI progress prompted Musk, Altman and others to launch rival OpenAI in the first place, is embedding AI across its popular services at-pace.

From BBC May 19, 2026

‘Preferably one that doesn’t involve embedding my pain in the stones.’

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

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