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insert

[ verb in-surt; noun in-surt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to put or place in:

    to insert a key in a lock.

  2. to introduce or cause to be introduced into the body of something:

    to insert an extra paragraph in an article.



noun

  1. something inserted or to be inserted.
  2. an extra leaf or section, printed independently, for binding or tipping into a book or periodical, especially a leaf or section consisting of an illustration or advertisement printed on different paper.
  3. any small picture, device, etc., surrounded partly or completely by body type.
  4. a paper, circular, etc., placed within the folds of a newspaper or the leaves of a book, periodical, etc.
  5. Movies, Radio and Television. cut-in ( defs 1, 2 )

insert

verb

  1. to put in or between; introduce
  2. to introduce, as into text, such as a newspaper; interpolate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. something inserted
    1. a folded section placed in another for binding in with a book
    2. a printed sheet, esp one bearing advertising, placed loose between the leaves of a book, periodical, etc
  2. another word for cut in
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٲ, adjective
  • ˈٱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·a· adjective
  • ·İ noun
  • t·· verb (used with object)
  • i· verb (used with object)
  • i· verb (used with object)
  • ܲi· verb (used with object)
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of insert1

First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin insertus, past participle of inserere “to put in, insert,” equivalent to in- “in” + ser- (stem of serere “to link together”) + -tus past participle suffix; in- 2
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of insert1

C16: from Latin inserere to plant in, ingraft, from in- ² + serere to join
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In the days after Baby Callum's discovery, tests found wads of tissue paper had been inserted into his mouth and throat, confirming it was not likely to have been an accident.

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Medical evidence about how Callum died was inconclusive, but Justice Eady said it was likely he had been suffocated possibly when wads of tissue paper were inserted into his mouth and throat.

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She shows me where the needle would be inserted into a vein in the back of my hand to allow an intravenous infusion of lethal drugs.

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It turns out his card is inserted backward, fitting for a man who feels a little out of place here.

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In late January, Columbia University issued a statement after a graduate student inserted information about the practice of astronomy in Palestine into a set of lab notes for an astronomy course.

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