insert

Place something inside

To insert is to put something into something else—a key into a lock, a clause into a contract, a comment into a conversation.

The noun insert refers to something placed inside: a magazine insert, an insert in a shoe.

In film and video, an insert is a brief shot cut into the main action, typically showing a detail: The director wanted an insert of the ticking clock.

add

incorporate

Absorb into something larger

inject · implant · embed · infuse · append · input · instill · inlay · interpose · slot

medical

catheter

Inserted medical drainage tube

  • implantDevice placed inside tissue
  • cannulaThin medical insertion tube
  • stentImplanted tube for blockages

tube · needle · IV · probe · shunt · pacemaker · scalpel · incision · suture · surgical

interjecting

interrupt

Break in upon

butt in · blurt · heckle · intrude · intercede · comment · remark · exclaim · inject · break in

joining

splice

Join end to end

inlay · dovetail · mortise · tenon · tongue-and-groove · joinery · fitting · coupling · socket · connector

computing

input

Data received for processing

type · cursor · field · data · text · keystroke · command · cell · row · column

genetic

splice

Join end to end

  • geneHereditary information unit
  • DNAHereditary code molecule
  • CRISPRGene-editing molecular machinery

genome · sequence · transgene · vector · plasmid · recombination · editing · nucleotide · cloning · bioengineering

advertising

commercial

Paid broadcast promotion

supplement · circular · leaflet · mailer · coupon · pullout · pamphlet · catalog · loose-leaf · promotional

Categories
Opposites
placement/positioning

insertremove

Take something away

extract · withdraw · pull out · take out · eject

inclusion/content

insertdelete

Remove or erase

remove · exclude · eliminate · excise · erase

Phrases
Family

inserted, insertion, inserts, inserting, insertions, reinsert, reinserted, reinserts, reinserting

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G