insert

Meaning

Verb

To put in between or into.

Noun

1. An image inserted into text.
2. A promotional or instructive leaflet inserted into a magazine, newspaper, tape or disk package, etc.
3. A mechanical component inserted into another.
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.
8. (informal) 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

Synonyms

put in

introduce

enter

include

put

interpolate

inlay

stick in

inset

interpose

add

thrust

stick

push in

place in

pierce

infix

stick into

implant

interject

enclose

set

put into

add to

intercalate

place

penetrate

tuck

plug in

set in

stow

supplement

put away

cut-in

thrust in

slip in

incorporate

cut in

fit in

stencil

insertion

put on

intervene

graft

connect

fill in

install

interlard

plant

🌱

wedge

tuck in

addendum

thread a needle

mount

ingraft

thrust into

inlet

sneak in

inject

stuff

sheathe

inclose

stab

fix

bring in

interfere

attach

pull-out

institute

poke

pad

peg

plug

plunge

prelude

press

prick

probe

publish

push

push along

put down

put inside

put on clothes

put up

raise

ram

🐏

razor blade

record

redound

repair

run

run in

run up

shoulder

shove

sidebar

sink

slide

slip

suffix

take in

take into consideration

tamp

through

throw in

pour into

toss in

usher

work

work in

wrap up

write

✍️

write in

be stuck

come in between

cram in

fit into

pack in

slot in

squeeze in

place between

ladle water into

wear in belt

fix into a container

hold between

intermediate layer

poke in

tack on

tag on

blow-in

bearing strip

package enclosure

cutter blade

backing strap

ram in

immit

fly-bar

dummy slider

trim in

stop

🛑

interpolare

add on

adjoin

admit

admix

advance

advertise

advertising insert

announce

append

apply

arrange

augment

bit

blade

blend in

breakout

build

catch

come

compress

copulate

cover

deposit

drive into

drive through

edge in

embed

embolus

encase

enchase

enhance

entangle

exasperate

fasten

fill out

fit

gain

gasket

go

go in

go into

hang up

impaler

import

increase

indent

induct

initiate

input

intensify

inter

interposition

intersperse

intervention

intromit

jab

jam

jam in

join

knife blade

lace

lay

lay down

lead

let in

lining

lock

🔒

lodge

mat

Hyphenated as

in‧sert

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈsɜːt/

Etymology

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.