American English pronunciation

How to pronounce insert

IPA transcription: [,ɪn'sɚt]

Pronunciation variants: [,ɪn'sɚt]['ɪn,sɚt]

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Noun

  • a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication

  • an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted

  • (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program

  • (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film

Verb

  • introduce

    “Insert your ticket here”

  • put or introduce into something

    “insert a picture into the text”

  • fit snugly into

    “insert your ticket into the slot”

    “tuck your shirttail in”

  • insert casually

    “She slipped in a reference to her own work”

Usage examples

  • Players would insert a cartridge and play using the corresponding quiz book.
  • Insert your card to identify yourself.
  • Into this hole is inserted a long hollow grass stem.
  • This may include insert material such as animations and graphics or filmed clips.
  • Insert your card to identify yourself.
  • It is perforated, near its insertion, by the intermediate tendon of the digastric muscle.
  • In monasteries of Athonite tradition, the whole Akathist is usually inserted nightly at Compline.
  • Insert your card to identify yourself.
  • Carbide inserts are the most common because they are good for high production milling.
  • Melanocytes insert granules of melanin into specialized cellular vesicles called melanosomes.