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insert
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun insert has 4 senses
- insert(n = noun.communication) Array - a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication; Array is a kind of section, subdivision
- insert(n = noun.artifact) inset - an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted; Array is a kind of artefact, artifact
- insert(n = noun.act) cut-in - (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program; Array is a kind of break, disruption, gap, interruption
- insert(n = noun.act) cut-in - (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film; Array is a kind of break, disruption, gap, interruption
has particulars: dickey, dickie, dicky, shirtfront
Derived forms verb insert2, verb insert1
Derived form verb insert1
Verb insert has 4 senses
- insert(v = verb.contact) enter, infix, introduce - put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text" is one way to attach
- insert(v = verb.change) enclose, inclose, introduce, put in, stick in - introduce; "Insert your ticket here" is one way to lay, place, pose, position, put, set
- insert(v = verb.contact) tuck - fit snugly into; "insert your ticket into the slot"; "tuck your shirttail in" is one way to close in, enclose, inclose, shut in
- insert(v = verb.communication) slip in, sneak in, stick in - insert casually; "She slipped in a reference to her own work" is one way to add, append, supply
Derived forms noun insert4, noun insert2, noun insertion2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Derived forms noun insert2, noun insertion2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Derived form noun insertion2
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
CIDE DICTIONARY
insert, v. t. [L. insertus, p. p. of inserere to insert; pref. in- in + serere to join, connect. See Series.].
To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to insert a letter, word, or passage in a composition; to insert an advertisement in a newspaper. [1913 Webster]
"These words were very weakly inserted where they will be so liable to misconstruction."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
insert, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 (usu. foll. by in, into, between, etc.) place, fit, or thrust (a thing) into another.
2 (usu. foll. by in, into) introduce (a letter, word, article, advertisement, etc.) into a newspaper etc.
3 (as inserted adj.) Anat. etc. (of a muscle etc.) attached (at a specific point).
--n. something inserted, e.g. a loose page in a magazine, a piece of cloth in a garment, a shot in a cinema film.
--v.tr.
1 (usu. foll. by in, into, between, etc.) place, fit, or thrust (a thing) into another.
2 (usu. foll. by in, into) introduce (a letter, word, article, advertisement, etc.) into a newspaper etc.
3 (as inserted adj.) Anat. etc. (of a muscle etc.) attached (at a specific point).
--n. something inserted, e.g. a loose page in a magazine, a piece of cloth in a garment, a shot in a cinema film.
Derivative
insertable adj. inserter n.
Etymology
L inserere (as IN-(2), serere sert- join)
THESAURUS
insert
ad, addendum, addition, admit, advert, advertisement, aside, barge in, be admitted, book, break in, breeze in, broadside, brochure, burst in, bust in, calendar, carve, catalog, chalk, chalk up, check in, chronicle, circular, come barging in, come breezing in, come busting in, come in, creep in, cross the threshold, crowd in, cut, docket, drag in, drop in, ease in, edge in, engrave, enroll, enscroll, enter, episode, file, fill in, fill out, flier, flyer, foist in, fudge in, gain admittance, get in, go in, go into, grave, handbill, have an entree, have an in, hop in, impanel, implant, implant in, incise, inculcate, index, infix, infuse, inject, inject in, injection, inlay, inoculate, inscribe, insert in, insertion, inset, insinuate, insinuate in, insinuation, instill, intercalate, intercalation, interjaculate, interject, interjection, interlineation, interlocution, interlope, interpolate, interpolation, interpose, intervene, introduce, introduce in, introduction, intromit, intrude, irrupt, jam in, jot down, jump in, list, log, look in, lug in, make a memorandum, make a note, make an entry, make out, mark down, matriculate, minute, note, note down, obiter dictum, obtrude, pack in, parenthesis, perfuse, place upon record, poll, pop in, post, post up, press in, push in, put between, put down, put in, put in writing, put on paper, put on tape, record, reduce to writing, register, remark, run in, sandwich, set down, set foot in, set in, side remark, slip in, smuggle in, squeeze in, step in, stick in, supplement, tabulate, take down, take in, tape, tape-record, tessera, throw in, thrust in, tossing-in, tuck in, videotape, visit, wedge in, whip in, work in, worm in, write, write down, write in, write out, write upROGET THESAURUS
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Addition
VB add, annex, affix, superadd, subjoin, superpose, clap on, saddle on, tack to, append, tag, ingraft, saddle with, sprinkle, introduce, insert, become added, accrue, advene, supervene, reinforce, reenforce, restrengthen, swell the ranks of, augment.Ingress
VB have the entree, enter, go into, go in, come into, come in, pour into, pour in, flow into, flow in, creep into, creep in, slip into, slip in, pop into, pop in, break into, break in, burst into, burst in, set foot on, ingress, burst in upon, break in upon, invade, intrude, insinuate itself, interpenetrate, penetrate, infiltrate, find one's way into, wriggle into, worm oneself into, give entrance to, insert.Insertion
VB insert, introduce, intromit, put into, run into, import, inject, interject, infuse, instill, inoculate, impregnate, imbue, imbrue, graft, ingraft, bud, plant, implant, dovetail, obtrude, thrust in, stick in, ram in, stuff in, tuck in, press, in, drive in, pop in, whip in, drop in, put in, impact, empierce, imbed, immerse, immerge, merge, bathe, soak, dip, plunge, bury, insert itself, lodge itself, plunge in medias res.Record
VB record, put on record, place on record, chronicle, calendar, hand down to posterity, keep up the memory, commemorate, report, write, commit to writing, reduce to writing, put in writing, set down in writing, writing in black and white, put down, jot down, take down, write down, note down, set down, note, minute, put on paper, take note, make a note, take minute, take memorandum, make a return, mark, sign, enter, book, post, post up, insert, make an entry of, mark off, tick off, register, enroll, inscroll, file, burn into memory, carve in stone.
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