insert

From Latin insertus, past participle of inserō.

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)t

Verb

• (UK) enPR: ĭnsût', IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɜːt/
• (US) enPR: ĭnsûrt', IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɝt/

Noun

• (UK) enPR: ĭn'sût, IPA^(key): /ˈɪnsɜːt/
• (US) enPR: ĭnsûrt', IPA^(key): /ˈɪnsɝt/

insert (third-person singular simple present inserts, present participle inserting, simple past and past participle inserted)

1. (transitive) 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.

• (put in between or into): enter, inset, introduce, put in, put inside

• delete

insert (plural inserts)

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. (linguistics) An expression, such as "please" or an interjection, that may occur at various points in an utterance.
5. (genetics) A sequence of DNA inserted into another DNA molecule.
6. (film, television) A close-up shot used to draw attention to a particular element of a larger scene.
   • 2013, David Bordwell, Narration in the Fiction Film (page 316)

     […] 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, […]

• insertion

• Stiner, Strine, Tiners, estrin, inerts, inters, niters, nitres, sinter, terins, triens, trines

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.sɛʁ/

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insert m (plural inserts)

1. (genetics) insert