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”). Compare exsert.
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)
- (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)
- 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.
- (linguistics) An expression, such as "please" or an interjection, that may occur at various points in an utterance.
- (genetics) A sequence of DNA inserted into another DNA molecule.
- (television) A pre-recorded segment included as part of a live broadcast.
- (film, television) A close-up shot used to draw attention to a particular element of a larger scene.
- (childcare, informal) A diaper insert.
- (audio effects) A plug-in that adds an effect to an audio track.
- (computing) A key to toggle between text insert mode and overwrite mode
Derived terms
Related terms
- insertion
Translations
Anagrams
- inerts, estrin, Strine, sinter, Stiner, retins, inters, nitres, Tiners, niters, Estrin, trines, Trines, terins, triens
Cebuano
Alternative forms
- inhert — slang
Etymology
From English insert, from Latin insertus, past participle of inserō.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: in‧sert
Verb
insert
- to tuck in; to push (the fabric at the bottom of a shirt) under the pants
Adjective
insert
- having one's clothes tucked in
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.sɛʁ/
Noun
insert m (plural inserts)
- (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)
- insert, insertion