insert
Other forms: inserted; inserting; inserts
When you insert something or someone, you put it into something else. You could insert yourself into a conversation, or you could insert a comma into the sentence you just wrote.
The verb insert comes from the Latin in-, meaning “into,” and serere, meaning "to join." When you insert yourself into a conversation, you’re joining in, whether your friends want you to or not. Insert can also mean to fit snugly into, or to tuck. You might fit a card into an envelope that fits it perfectly, or insert first one leg and then another into a pair of tights.
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put or introduce into something
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fit snugly into
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insert casually
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an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
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a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication
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(broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network programsynonyms: cut-in
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(film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a filmsynonyms: cut-in
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