insert
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɜːt/
The English word “insert” has 11 meanings listed here.
verb
noun
- An image inserted into text.
- A promotional or instructive leaflet inserted into a magazine, newspaper, tape or disk package, etc.
- A mechanical component inserted into another.
- An expression, such as "please" or an interjection, that may occur at various points in an utterance.
- A sequence of DNA inserted into another DNA molecule.
- A pre-recorded segment included as part of a live broadcast.
- A close-up shot used to draw attention to a particular element of a larger scene.
- A diaper insert.
- A plug-in that adds an effect to an audio track.
- A key to toggle between text insert mode and overwrite mode.
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.
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