What does INSERT mean?
Definitions for INSERT
ɪnˈsɜrt; ˈɪn sɜrtin·sert
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word INSERT.
Princeton's WordNet
insertnoun
a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication
insert, insetnoun
an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
cut-in, insertnoun
(broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program
cut-in, insertverb
(film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film
insert, infix, enter, introduceverb
put or introduce into something
"insert a picture into the text"
insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduceverb
introduce
"Insert your ticket here"
tuck, insertverb
fit snugly into
"insert your ticket into the slot"; "tuck your shirttail in"
slip in, stick in, sneak in, insertverb
insert casually
"She slipped in a reference to her own work"
Wiktionary
insertnoun
An image inserted into text.
insertnoun
A promotional leaflet inserted into a magazine, newspaper, etc.
This software can print compact disc inserts if you have the right size of paper.
insertverb
To put in between or into.
Insertnoun
A key that when pressed switches between the overtype mode and the insert mode of a computer.
Etymology: From insertus, past participle of insero.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To INSERTverb
To place in or amongst other things.
Etymology: inserer, Fr. insero, insertum, Latin.
Those words were very weakly inserted, where they are so liable to misconstruction. Edward Stillingfleet.
With the worthy gentleman's name I will insert it at length in one of my papers. Addison.
It is the editor's interest to insert what the author's judgment had rejected. Jonathan Swift.
Poesy and oratory omit things essential, and insert little beautiful digressions, in order to place every thing in the most affecting light. Isaac Watts.
Wikipedia
INSERT
An SQL INSERT statement adds one or more records to any single table in a relational database.
ChatGPT
insert
Insert generally means to place or put something within something else. It can refer to adding information into a document or database, putting an object into another object, or introducing a comment or idea into a conversation. It is largely used in various contexts including computing, writing, design, and general communication.
Webster Dictionary
Insertverb
to set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to insert a letter, word, or passage in a composition; to insert an advertisement in a newspaper
Etymology: [L. insertus, p. p. of inserere to insert; pref. in- in + serere to join, connect. See Series.]
Wikidata
Insert
An SQL INSERT statement adds one or more records to any single table in a relational database.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Insert
in-sėrt′, v.t. to introduce into: to put in or among.—n. (in′sėrt) something additional inserted into a proof, &c.; a circular, or the like, placed for posting within the folds of a paper or leaves of a book.—adj. Insert′ed (bot.), attached to or growing out of some part.—n. Inser′tion, act of inserting: condition of being inserted: that which is inserted. [L. in, in, serĕre, sertum, to join.]
Editors Contribution
insert
To put.
The girl at the supermarket said please insert your card into the card reader.
Submitted by MaryC on March 20, 2020
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Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'INSERT' in Verbs Frequency: #767
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Anagrams for INSERT »
inerts
inters
sinter
Strine
triens
estrin
sterin
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of INSERT in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of INSERT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of INSERT in a Sentence
Lifelong New Yorker Andy Maskin:
An element of this that interests me is that everyone talks about being the ‘outsider’, everyone is ‘I’m not from Washington, I’m an outsider or I’m not from – insert state capital here – I’m outsider. Nobody campaigns and says ‘I’m an insider.’ The ‘outsider’ is kind of the key word.
I do think is somebody going to step up to the plate and insert themselves in the conversation, which has almost become a Walker-Bush conversation.
You have to be aware of what a medication’s potential side-effects are. Unfortunately, the package insert for most medications is quite lengthy, men need to have a relationship with a provider who can monitor these things and individualize their care.
Our day-to-day existence doesn't even recognize that millisecond, but if these things add up, then it could change the rate at which we insert a leap second.
One can always trust to time. Insert a wedge of time and nearly everything straightens itself out.
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- إدراج, أدخلArabic
- Beilage, einfügenGerman
- εισάγετεGreek
- insertarSpanish
- mainosliite, kuvituskuva, sisään, väliinFinnish
- in texte, encart, illustration, insérerFrench
- ionsáighIrish
- inserireItalian
- 差し込む, 挟み込む, 挿入するJapanese
- 삽입하다Korean
- BäilagLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- kōuru, kōkuhuMāori
- invoegenDutch
- wstawićPolish
- inserirPortuguese
- a băgaRomanian
- вставить, вставлять, вкладыш, вклейка, вставкаRussian
- vstávitiSlovene
- sätta i, skjuta in, infogaSwedish
- ВставитиUkrainian
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