insert
pronunciation
How to pronounce insert in British English:
UK [ɪnˈsɜːt , ˈɪnsɜːt]
How to pronounce insert in American English:
US [ɪnˈsɜːrt , ˈɪnsɜːrt]
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- Noun:
- a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication
- an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
- (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program
- (film) a still picture that is inserted and that interrupts the action of a film
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- Verb:
- put or introduce into something
- introduce
- fit snugly into
- insert casually
Word Origin
- insert
- insert: see series
- insert (v.)
- "to set in, put or place in," 1520s, from insert, past participle of Middle English inseren "to set in place, to graft, to introduce (into the mind)" (late 14c.), from Latin inserere "to put in, implant," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + serere "join together" (see series). Related: Inserted; inserting. The noun meaning "something inserted" is from 1893.
Example
- 1. They can clearly also insert ads in docs .
- 2. Insert your finger into the soil at the pots edge .
- 3. Then , I 'll cut and insert it into the larger document .
- 4. The doctors then drilled a hole into it to insert a lens .
- 5. Transposons are just small pieces of dna that randomly insert in the genetic code .