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insert - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'insert' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Insert [ v. t.]
- To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to insert a letter, word, or passage in a composition; to insert an advertisement in a newspaper.

Meaning of 'insert' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . insert [ v]
Meaning (1):
- put or introduce into something
Example in sentence:
  • insert a picture into the text
Meaning (2):
- place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing
Example in sentence:
  • Insert your ticket here
Meaning (3):
- fit snugly into
Example in sentence:
  • insert your ticket into the slot;
  • tuck your shirttail in
Meaning (4):
- insert casually
Example in sentence:
  • She slipped in a reference to her own work