Insert Definition

ĭn-sûrt
inserted, inserting, inserts
verb
inserted, inserting, inserts
To put or set into, between, or among.
Inserted the key in the lock; insert a shim between a door jamb and frame.
American Heritage
To put or fit (something) into something else; put in; introduce.
Webster's New World
To place into an orbit, trajectory, or stream.
American Heritage
To put into action.
Inserted a rookie into the lineup.
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noun
inserts
Anything inserted or for insertion; esp., an extra leaf or section inserted, as in a publication.
Webster's New World

A key that when pressed switches between the overtype mode and the insert mode of a computer.

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Other Word Forms of Insert

Noun

Singular:
insert
Plural:
inserts

Origin of Insert

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

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Insert Sentence Examples

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

  • Identify the steps to create an animation Insert an audio file.

  • Ideas of all sorts poured in upon him while he was writing, and he was not always able to resist the temptation to insert them whether pertinent or not.

  • There is no difficulty in observing the temperature of the surface of the sea on board ship, the only precautions required being to draw the water in a bucket which has not been heated in the sun in summer or exposed to frost in winter, to draw it well forward of any discharge pipes of the steamer, to place it in the shade on deck, insert the thermometer immediately and make the reading without delay.

  • Take care not to insert the applicator too far down the throat.

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Words Starting With

IININS

Words Ending With

TRTERT

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Words Starting With I and Ending With T

Starts With I & Ends With TStarts With IN & Ends With TStarts With I & Ends With RT

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With I6 Letter Words Ending With T