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Added 9 October 2026

insert

/ɪnˈsɜːt/ noun

In Latin: indō Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about insert at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A folded section placed between the leaves of another publication.
An artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted.
(broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program.

verb

Put or introduce into something.
insert a picture into the text
Place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing.
Insert your ticket here
Fit snugly into.
insert your ticket into the slot

Origin

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.

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