Insert
/ɪnˈsɜːrt/verb
To put something into something else.
Please insert the key into the lock.
Often appears as...
- insert the key
- insert a coin
verb
To add something, such as words or numbers, to a piece of writing.
She inserted a few comments in the margin of the manuscript.
Often appears as...
- insert a comment
- insert a footnotes
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Academic
verb
To add a piece of code into a computer program.
Insert this line of code to make the program run faster.
Often appears as...
- insert a line
- insert a code
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Technical
noun
A thing that has been put into another thing.
The instructions come with a helpful insert.
Often appears as...
- instruction insert
- dvd insert
verb
To put something into something else.
Please insert the key into the lock.
Often appears as...
- insert the key
- insert a coin
verb
To add something, such as words or numbers, to a piece of writing.
She inserted a few comments in the margin of the manuscript.
Often appears as...
- insert a comment
- insert a footnotes
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To add a piece of code into a computer program.
Insert this line of code to make the program run faster.
Often appears as...
- insert a line
- insert a code
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A thing that has been put into another thing.
The instructions come with a helpful insert.
Often appears as...
- instruction insert
- dvd insert
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Action
Use 'insert' when describing a physical movement of placing something inside another.
He inserted the letter into the envelope.
Pro Tip 2/3Precise Fit
Often implies the need for precision, such as parts fitting together correctly.
Insert tab A into slot B carefully.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary Placement
Suggests that the inserted item may be removed or is not permanent.
Can you insert a bookmark where you stop reading?
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Can loud music damage...
but organizations around the world are developing portable hearing tests and easy-to-use apps to bring these vital resources to remote regions. Finally, wear earplugs when you’re knowingly exposing yourself to loud sounds for extended periods. An earplug’s effectiveness depends on how well you’ve inserted it,
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Life lessons from a...
love puppets right so I don't know what to say but this wasn't even the life changing things for me I got to stick around and watch the puppeteers work and it was a day where we shoot these sketches these comedy inserts they called inserts and it was like four of them and I watched it first of all the
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Hacking bacteria to...
The key lies in manipulating their DNA. By inserting particular genetic sequences into bacteria, they can be instructed to synthesize different molecules, including those that disrupt cancer growth. They can also be made to behave in very specific ways with the help of biological circuits.
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How sampling transformed...
into a shared event, which is sort of what you saw. I can hear something that I love in a piece of media and I can co-opt it and insert myself in that narrative, or alter it, even. In a nutshell, that's what I was trying to do with these things, but more importantly,
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Sleep is your superpower...
You insert a small amount of voltage into the brain, so small you typically don't feel it, but it has a measurable impact. Now if you apply this stimulation during sleep in young, healthy adults, as if you're sort of singing in time with those deep-sleep brainwaves,
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Can you solve the killer...
and walk back the way they came. When five minutes are up, they’ll turn on their lasers, break free, and stream out into the world, carving a path of destruction as they go. Your one chance to stop them is to insert the two emergency vacuum nozzles into the habitat
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How to make your writing...
Humor is subjective. Comedy is trial and error. Writing is rewriting. Just keep trying. Find the flaws, discover the details, insert incongruities, incorporate k-words, and remember the most important rule of writing have fun.
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Paper towns and why...
often, mapmakers will insert fake places onto their maps, in order to protect their copyright. Because then, if my fake place shows up on your map, I can be well and truly sure that you have robbed me.
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Could You Pass the...
inserted into the ceremonial gloves one by one each young man steps up to the sacred pole and submits his hands to the swarm their agony is unmistakable to help distract them the medicine man
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Tiger Given Artificial...
remove all that from the equation and just it's getting back to normal the surgery will insert an artificial eye so he'll look normal when he
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Can loud music damage...
but organizations around the world are developing portable hearing tests and easy-to-use apps to bring these vital resources to remote regions. Finally, wear earplugs when you’re knowingly exposing yourself to loud sounds for extended periods. An earplug’s effectiveness depends on how well you’ve inserted it,
Video examples
Life lessons from a...
love puppets right so I don't know what to say but this wasn't even the life changing things for me I got to stick around and watch the puppeteers work and it was a day where we shoot these sketches these comedy inserts they called inserts and it was like four of them and I watched it first of all the
Video examples
Hacking bacteria to...
The key lies in manipulating their DNA. By inserting particular genetic sequences into bacteria, they can be instructed to synthesize different molecules, including those that disrupt cancer growth. They can also be made to behave in very specific ways with the help of biological circuits.
Video examples
How sampling transformed...
into a shared event, which is sort of what you saw. I can hear something that I love in a piece of media and I can co-opt it and insert myself in that narrative, or alter it, even. In a nutshell, that's what I was trying to do with these things, but more importantly,
Video examples
Sleep is your superpower...
You insert a small amount of voltage into the brain, so small you typically don't feel it, but it has a measurable impact. Now if you apply this stimulation during sleep in young, healthy adults, as if you're sort of singing in time with those deep-sleep brainwaves,
Video examples
Can you solve the killer...
and walk back the way they came. When five minutes are up, they’ll turn on their lasers, break free, and stream out into the world, carving a path of destruction as they go. Your one chance to stop them is to insert the two emergency vacuum nozzles into the habitat
Video examples
How to make your writing...
Humor is subjective. Comedy is trial and error. Writing is rewriting. Just keep trying. Find the flaws, discover the details, insert incongruities, incorporate k-words, and remember the most important rule of writing have fun.
Video examples
Paper towns and why...
often, mapmakers will insert fake places onto their maps, in order to protect their copyright. Because then, if my fake place shows up on your map, I can be well and truly sure that you have robbed me.
Video examples
Could You Pass the...
inserted into the ceremonial gloves one by one each young man steps up to the sacred pole and submits his hands to the swarm their agony is unmistakable to help distract them the medicine man
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Tiger Given Artificial...
remove all that from the equation and just it's getting back to normal the surgery will insert an artificial eye so he'll look normal when he
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Tom Drury
American Writer
I tend to write about towns because that's what I remember best. You can put a boundary on the number of characters you insert into a small town. I tend to create a lot of characters, so this is a sort of restraint on the character building I do for a novel.
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Gail Collins
American Journalist
Any time you write history, you insert your opinion. You pick and choose what you are going to write about. I feel really happy not inserting myself. I spend too much of my life inserting myself. It's just great to let other people carry the narrative.
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William Jackson
American Director
I have no idea how to become successful in children's tv programming today other than to say that whereever you find that rare animal being pursued, insert yourself into its environment; get in the door in any position and work from within.
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Lemmy
English Musician
I can't say I was really that surprised when the doctor told me I needed a defibrillator inserted in my chest. When you've lived the life that I have, you should always expect something like that to crop up. I was not a good boy.
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Colum McCann
Irish Writer
I don't believe a poet has a better hold on truth or morality than a fiction writer has. And I don't think a fiction writer has anything over a journalist. It's all about the good word, properly inserted.
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Aesop Rock
American Musician
Inserting my personal brand of humor is something I have at times had trouble doing - but I feel like I've been learning about it a little more, how to do it, and how it helps my songs.
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John Berger
English Artist
That we find a crystal or a poppy beautiful means that we are less alone, that we are more deeply inserted into existence than the course of a single life would lead us to believe.
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Emil Ferris
American Writer
I fell asleep once while washing dishes. I hallucinated prolifically - like, squirrels knitting whole sweaters! It was like my dreams inserted themselves in my waking life.
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John Crowe Ransom
American Poet
Till now poets were privileged to insert a certain proportion of nonsense - very far in excess of one-half of one per cent - into their otherwise sober documents.
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Lisa Unger
American Author
I definitely feel that plot flows from character. I don't believe that you can construct a plot and insert people into it.
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Tom Drury
American Writer
I tend to write about towns because that's what I remember best. You can put a boundary on the number of characters you insert into a small town. I tend to create a lot of characters, so this is a sort of restraint on the character building I do for a novel.
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Gail Collins
American Journalist
Any time you write history, you insert your opinion. You pick and choose what you are going to write about. I feel really happy not inserting myself. I spend too much of my life inserting myself. It's just great to let other people carry the narrative.
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William Jackson
American Director
I have no idea how to become successful in children's tv programming today other than to say that whereever you find that rare animal being pursued, insert yourself into its environment; get in the door in any position and work from within.
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Lemmy
English Musician
I can't say I was really that surprised when the doctor told me I needed a defibrillator inserted in my chest. When you've lived the life that I have, you should always expect something like that to crop up. I was not a good boy.
Quote examples
Colum McCann
Irish Writer
I don't believe a poet has a better hold on truth or morality than a fiction writer has. And I don't think a fiction writer has anything over a journalist. It's all about the good word, properly inserted.
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Aesop Rock
American Musician
Inserting my personal brand of humor is something I have at times had trouble doing - but I feel like I've been learning about it a little more, how to do it, and how it helps my songs.
Quote examples
John Berger
English Artist
That we find a crystal or a poppy beautiful means that we are less alone, that we are more deeply inserted into existence than the course of a single life would lead us to believe.
Quote examples
Emil Ferris
American Writer
I fell asleep once while washing dishes. I hallucinated prolifically - like, squirrels knitting whole sweaters! It was like my dreams inserted themselves in my waking life.
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John Crowe Ransom
American Poet
Till now poets were privileged to insert a certain proportion of nonsense - very far in excess of one-half of one per cent - into their otherwise sober documents.
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Lisa Unger
American Author
I definitely feel that plot flows from character. I don't believe that you can construct a plot and insert people into it.
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