reinsert

Slot in again

To reinsert is to insert something again, returning it to a position it previously occupied.

You might reinsert a key into a lock, reinsert a catheter after removal, or reinsert a deleted paragraph back into a document.

The editor reinserted the scene that had been cut from the film.

physical

reattach

Connect again after separation

reembed · reincorporate · slot · plug · push · slide · click · snap · socket · fit

medical

catheter

Inserted medical drainage tube

  • stentImplanted tube for blockages
  • shuntDivert from main course
  • tubeHollow cylindrical passage

IV · cannula · drain · pacemaker · implant · prosthesis · graft · filling · crown · inlay

digital

cursor

On-screen position indicator

  • textWritten or printed words
  • dataFacts for analysis
  • codeSymbolic communication system

paragraph · element · row · column · cell · field · entry · character · string · file

narrative

character

Nature, symbol, or role

canon · arc · sequel · backstory · reintroduction · subplot · flashback · continuity · episode · scene

restoration

component

Element of a system

panel · tile · element · artifact · original · conservation · preservation · museum · reinstall · reassemble

Categories
Opposites
directional action

reinsertextract

Concentrated derived substance

remove · withdraw · pull out · take out · dislodge

sequence/repetition

reinsertinsert

Place within another thing

permanence of removal

reinsertdiscard

Deliberately throw out

dispose of · eliminate · throw away · jettison · abolish

Family

reinserted, reinserts, reinserting, reinsertion, reinsertions

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