American English pronunciation

How to pronounce embedded

IPA transcription: [ɛm'bɛdɪd]

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Verb

  • fix or set securely or deeply

    “He planted a knee in the back of his opponent”

    “The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum”

  • attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war

    “The young reporter was embedded with the Third Division”

Adjective

  • enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass

    “found pebbles embedded in the silt”

    “stone containing many embedded fossils”

    “peach and plum seeds embedded in a sweet edible pulp”

  • inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole

    “confused by the embedded Latin quotations”

    “an embedded subordinate clause”

Usage examples

  • Its lower end was still embedded.
  • Embedded scripts from external sources can harm the users privacy.
  • I have already described the appearance of that colossal bulk which was embedded in the ground.
  • Its lower end was still embedded.
  • I have already described the appearance of that colossal bulk which was embedded in the ground.
  • Embedded scripts from external sources can harm the users privacy.
  • Its lower end was still embedded.
  • I have already described the appearance of that colossal bulk which was embedded in the ground.
  • Its lower end was still embedded.
  • Its lower end was still embedded.