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insert
What does insert mean?
insert (verb): put or introduce into something.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use insert in a sentence?
- Insert a picture into the text. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
Where does insert come from?
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”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to insert
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “insert” mean?
to dislike intensely or greatly
Not quite: that's what hate means.
put or introduce into something
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to say, state, or perform again
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to connect (two or more things)
Not quite: that's what link means.
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