insert

An image inserted into text.

Noun

  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. An expression, such as "please" or an interjection, that may occur at various points in an utterance.
  5. A sequence of DNA inserted into another DNA molecule.
  6. A pre-recorded segment included as part of a live broadcast.
  7. A close-up shot used to draw attention to a particular element of a larger scene.
    • […] 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, […] - 2013, David Bordwell, Narration in the Fiction Film, page...
  8. A diaper insert.
  9. A plug-in that adds an effect to an audio track.
  10. A key to toggle between text insert mode and overwrite mode.

Origin

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.

Forms

inserts

Related

insertion

Derived

bra insert diaper insert insertless insert song microinsert misinsert nappy insert outsert self-insert shoe insert snake insert vinyl insert

Verb

  1. 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.

Forms

inserts inserting inserted

Synonyms

enter inset introduce put in put inside

Antonyms

delete

Derived

diaper insert disinsert insertable insertee inserter insertive insertor outsert preinsert reinsert self-insert upsert