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English

Etymology

insert +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?s???n/

Noun

insertion (countable and uncountable, plural insertions)

1. The act of inserting, or something inserted.
2. (anatomy) The distal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will be moved by the muscle.
3. (genetics) The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation.

Antonyms

• (act of inserting): deletion
• (anatomy): origin
• (genetics): deletion

Derived terms

• leaf insertion

Related terms

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin ?nserti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

insertion f (plural insertions)

1. insertion

Related terms

• insérer

Further reading

• “insertion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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