Insert definitions

ĭn-sûrt'
Insert is defined as to put one thing into another.

An example of insert is put a card inside an envelope.

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To put or set into, between, or among.

Inserted the key in the lock; insert a shim between a door jamb and frame.

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To put or introduce into the body of something; interpolate.

Insert an illustration into a text.

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To place into an orbit, trajectory, or stream.
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To put into action.

Inserted a rookie into the lineup.

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Something inserted or intended for insertion, as a picture or chart into written material.
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To put or fit (something) into something else; put in; introduce.
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Anything inserted or for insertion; esp., an extra leaf or section inserted, as in a publication.
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A key that when pressed switches between the overtype mode and the insert mode of a computer.
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Origin of insert

Latin īnserere īnsert- in- in in–2 serere to join ser-2 in Indo-European roots

Sentence Examples

  • it would not have been necessary to insert the initial o.

  • The list gives only twenty-nine names, and Mommsen proposes to insert Signini.

  • It was followed by the Vein Shimbun (Pictorial Newspaper), the first to insert illus.

  • Various species among those that are predaceous attack smaller insects, hunt in packs crustaceans larger than themselves, insert their narrow heads into snail-shells to pick out and devour the occupants, or pursue slugs and earthworms underground.

  • The Anecdota (" Secret History") purports to be a supplement to the Histories, containing explanations and additions which the author could not insert in the latter work for fear of Justinian and Theodora.

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