insert

English Online Dictionary. What means insert‎? What does insert mean?

English

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”).

Pronunciation

• Verb
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭnsûtʹ, IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɜːt/
  • (General American) enPR: ĭnsûrtʹ, IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɝt/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
• Noun
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭnʹsût, IPA^(key): /ˈɪnsɜːt/
  • (General American) enPR: ĭnʹsûrt, IPA^(key): /ˈɪnsɝt/
• Hyphenation: in‧sert

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To put in between or into.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

• delete

Derived terms

• self-insert

Related terms

Translations

Noun

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.

3. A mechanical component inserted into another.

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

Derived terms

Related terms

• insertion

Translations

Anagrams

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

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• inhert — slang

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: in‧sert

Verb

insert

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

Adjective

insert

1. having one's clothes tucked in

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:insert.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.sɛʁ/

Noun

insert m (plural inserts)

1. (genetics) insert

Further reading

• “insert”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English insert or French insert or Italian inserto.

Noun

insert n (plural inserturi)

1. insert, insertion

Declension