insert
verbnounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ɪnˈsɜːt//
- United States//ɪnˈsɝt//
To put in between or into.
verb
- 1
To put in between or into.
In order to withdraw money from a cash machine, you have to insert your debit card.
To make your proof easier to understand, I recommend you insert a few more steps.
Etymology
From Latin insertus, past participle of inserō, from in- + serō (“join, bind together, connect, entwine, interweave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together, to line up”). Compare exsert.
noun
- 1
An image inserted into text.
- 2
A promotional or instructive leaflet inserted into a magazine, newspaper, tape or disk package, etc.
This software can print compact disc inserts if you have the right size of paper.
- 3
A mechanical component inserted into another.
a threaded insert
- 4
An expression, such as "please" or an interjection, that may occur at various points in an utterance.
- 5
A sequence of DNA inserted into another DNA molecule.
- 6
A pre-recorded segment included as part of a live broadcast.
- 7
A close-up shot used to draw attention to a particular element of a larger scene.
[…] close-ups of her legs on the escalator, an insert of the emergency stop button (ARRET D'URGENCE), intercut close-ups of her glance and the cinema sign, […]
- 8
informalA diaper insert.
- 9
A plug-in that adds an effect to an audio track.
- 10
A key to toggle between text insert mode and overwrite mode.
Forms
- plural
- inserts
- past tense
- inserted
- past participle
- inserted
- present participle
- inserting
- third person singular
- inserts