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{
"term": "insert",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "insert",
"heSheIt": "inserts"
},
"pastSimple": "inserted",
"pastParticiple": "inserted",
"ingForm": "inserting"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to put something into something else or between two things",
"sensetop": "insert something (in/into something)insert something between A and B",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Insert coins into the slot and press for a ticket.",
"contextForm": "insert something (in/into something)"
},
{
"text": "They inserted a tube in his mouth to help him breathe."
},
{
"text": "She picked up a knife and inserted it between the top of the drawer and the desk.",
"contextForm": "insert something between A and B"
},
{
"text": "Fine needles are gently inserted into the patient's skin."
},
{
"text": "The artist digitally inserted himself into the picture."
},
{
"text": "He winced as the doctor inserted the needle."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["carefully", "gently", "digitally"],
"preposition": ["between", "in", "into"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to add something to a piece of writing",
"sensetop": "insert somethinginsert something into somethinginsert something between A and B",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Position the cursor where you want to insert a word.",
"contextForm": "insert something"
},
{
"text": "The program will automatically insert the replacement text."
},
{
"text": "Later, he inserted another paragraph into his will.",
"contextForm": "insert something into something"
},
{
"text": "The English translation is inserted between the lines of text.",
"contextForm": "insert something between A and B"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["carefully", "gently", "digitally"],
"preposition": ["between", "in", "into"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈsɜːt/",
"audio": "in/insert/insert__gb_3.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈsɜːts/",
"audio": "in/insert/inserts__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈsɜːtɪd/",
"audio": "in/insert/inserted__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈsɜːtɪŋ/",
"audio": "in/insert/inserting__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈsɜːrt/",
"audio": "in/insert/insert__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈsɜːrts/",
"audio": "in/insert/inserts__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈsɜːrtɪd/",
"audio": "in/insert/inserted__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈsɜːrtɪŋ/",
"audio": "in/insert/inserting__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘include (text) in a piece of writing’): from Latin insert- ‘put in’, from the verb inserere, from in- ‘into’ + serere ‘to join’."
}