inset
Americannoun
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something inserted; insert.
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a small picture, map, etc., inserted within the border of a larger one.
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the act of setting in.
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a piece of cloth or other material set into a garment, usually as an ornamental panel.
verb (used with object)
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insets,
present (3rd person singular)
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inset,
past participle, past
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insetting
present participle
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to set in or insert, as an inset.
to inset a panel in a dress.
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to insert an inset in.
to inset a mounting with jewels.
verb
noun
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something inserted
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printing
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a small map or diagram set within the borders of a larger one
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another name for insert
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a piece of fabric inserted into a garment, as to shape it or for decoration
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a flowing in, as of the tide
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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insetsimple
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insetssimple
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have insetperfect
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has insetperfect
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am insettingprogressive
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are insettingprogressive
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is insettingprogressive
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have been insettingperfect progressive
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has been insettingperfect progressive
Past
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insetsimple
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had insetperfect
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was insettingprogressive
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were insettingprogressive
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had been insettingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of inset
before 900; Middle English insetten to insert, Old English insettan to initiate; see in- 1, set
Example Sentences
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I recently was walking along 41st Street near the New York Public Library in Manhattan, where the sidewalks are inset with bronze plaques highlighting the power of words.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
The infamous Bronco chase caused one television station to rearrange coverage of an NBA Finals game, featuring the chase on the main screen and the game as an inset.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
On display in the new exhibition is a scaled-down replica of the Crown Jewels, inset with real diamonds, rubies, sapphires, emeralds and seed pearls.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2024
Indicating the origin of an inset from an image is minimal; providing intensity scales for grayscale, color, and pseudocolor is recommended; and annotating image details such as pixel size and exposure time are ideal.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2023
He put his slippered feet up on a long, low coffee table, a chess board inset in the middle, cigarette burns and mug rings on its surface.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
Eva Slater’s 1954 “Galaxy” insets a syncopated network of painted forms within a wooden panel, merging optical motion with material stasis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024
There is sight, of course, with color insets of Schloss’s bright and optimistic daubings alongside work by her more dour-seeming contemporaries.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2021
Uzikee Nelson’s talismanic “Headhunter,” a person-size sculpture of black metal with red-glass insets, is clearly modern yet has primeval force.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2021
Create an Instagram moment with this pendant earring in antiqued gold with pearl-like insets.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2018
To the same physical cause may be attributed the frequent insets of the sea winds toward midday along the continental shores of various countries.
From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
A gale nearly swamped them in rounding Cape Alexander, south of which they were forced to shore by the insetting ice-pack.
From True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Adolphus W. Greely
First builded into the etheric form in the womb of the mother, it is built up continually by the insetting of fresh materials.
From Death—and After? by Annie Wood Besant
This system of insetting has the grave inconvenience that the advertiser finds himself compelled to print as many insets as the publisher asserts that he can use.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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