insert
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.
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)
Origin of insert
1Other words from insert
- in·sert·a·ble, adjective
- in·sert·er, noun
- in·ter·in·sert, verb (used with object)
- pre·in·sert, verb (used with object)
- re·in·sert, verb (used with object)
- sub·in·sert, verb (used with object)
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How to use insert in a sentence
China Daily, backed by a government-controlled company, publishes inserts that run in newspapers like the Washington Post.
Don’t Like that Al Jazeera Bought Current TV? Change the Channel | Daniel Gross | January 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIf the president -- any president -- inserts himself into the gun debate, he will inevitably polarize it.
I was supposed to adapt a truck by installing rubber inserts.
‘Soldaten: Secret WWII Transcripts of German POWs’ by Soenke Neitzel & Harald Welzer | Sönke Neitzel, Harald Welzer | September 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBroadwell inserts these episodes as flashbacks from her narrative of Petraeus in Afghanistan.
First, he clumsily inserts nakedly political posturing that seems altogether out-of-place in the context of the High Holy Days.
After l. 479 Thynne inserts And thus in sorowe lefte me alone; it is spurious; see note.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerThe most dorsal aponeurosis inserts on a tubercle at the posterior tip of the dorsal edge of the mandible.
Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves | Robert L. MerzThe ventral aponeurosis inserts on a crista immediately below the insertion of the dorsal aponeurosis.
Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves | Robert L. MerzHe inserts the left foot in the stirrup and springs into the saddle.
The Complete Bachelor | Walter GermainBrowning opens and closes the poem with a bracketed passage, and inserts one also in another place.
Browning and the Dramatic Monologue | S. S. Curry
British Dictionary definitions for insert
to put in or between; introduce
to introduce, as into text, such as a newspaper; interpolate
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 (def. 6)
Origin of insert
1Derived forms of insert
- insertable, adjective
- inserter, noun
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