insert

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.

• Verb
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭnsûtʹ, IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɜːt/

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  • (General American) enPR: ĭnsûrtʹ, IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɝt/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
• Noun
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭnʹsût, IPA^(key): /ˈɪnsɜːt/

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  • (General American) enPR: ĭnʹsûrt, IPA^(key): /ˈɪnsɝt/
• Hyphenation: in‧sert

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

• self-insert

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. (television) A pre-recorded segment included as part of a live broadcast.
7. (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, […]

8. (childcare, informal) A diaper insert.
9. (audio effects) A plug-in that adds an effect to an audio track.
10. (computing) A key to toggle between text insert mode and overwrite mode

• insertion

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

• inhert — slang

From English insert, from Latin insertus, past participle of inserō.

• Hyphenation: in‧sert

insert

1. to tuck in; to push (the fabric at the bottom of a shirt) under the pants

insert

1. having one's clothes tucked in

For quotations using this term, see Citations:insert.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.sɛʁ/

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insert m (plural inserts)

1. (genetics) insert

• “insert”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Borrowed from English insert or French insert or Italian inserto.

insert n (plural inserturi)

1. insert, insertion