insert
//ɪnˈsɜːt//
Forms
- present (v1)
- insert
- past (v2)
- inserted
- past participle (v3)
- inserted
- present participle
- inserting
- 3rd person singular
- inserts
- Plural
- inserts
Definitions
1.To put in between or into.
- To make your proof easier to understand, I recommend you insert a few more steps.
- In order to withdraw money from a cash machine, you have to insert your debit card.
1.An expression, such as "please" or an interjection, that may occur at various points in an utterance.
2.An image inserted into text.
3.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.
4.A mechanical component inserted into another.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4487
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
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.