different between insert vs intromit

English

Etymology

From Latin insertus, past participle of inser?.

Pronunciation

• Verb
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?nsût?, IPA^(key): /?n?s??t/
  • (General American) enPR: ?nsûrt?, IPA^(key): /?n?s?t/
  • Rhymes: -??(?)t
• Noun
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?n?sût, IPA^(key): /??ns??t/
  • (General American) enPR: ?n?sûrt, IPA^(key): /??ns?t/
• 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.

   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.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

• delete

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.

   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. (audio effects) A plugin that adds an effect to an audio track.

Translations

Related terms

• insertion

Anagrams

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

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• (slang) inhert

Etymology

From English insert, from Latin insertus, past participle of inser?.

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): /??.s??/

Noun

insert m (plural inserts)

1. (genetics) insert

English

Etymology

Latin intr?mitt?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nt???m?t/

Verb

intromit (third-person singular simple present intromits, present participle intromitting, simple past and past participle intromitted)

1. (law, Scotland) To intermeddle with the effects or goods of another.
2. (transitive) To send in or put in; to insert or introduce.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Greenhill to this entry?)

3. (transitive) To allow to pass in; to admit.
   • 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech

     Glass in the window […] intromits Light, without Cold.

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