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# insert

«insert» in Mova's school dictionary: **to put something into something else: «Insert the key.»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (insert, inserts, inserted, inserting); noun (an insert, inserts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To insert means to put something into something else: «Insert the key.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insert/#m1)

2) To insert means to add words, pictures or numbers into a text or list. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insert/#m2)

3) (noun) An insert is an extra page or piece put inside something, such as a leaflet in a magazine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insert/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In computing and writing you insert pictures, tables or words. In maths you insert the missing number or a sign (+, −) in a number sentence. Phrases: «insert a coin», «insert into», «insert the missing number».

### examples

- Insert a coin to start the machine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insert/#x1)
- Insert the missing number: 7 + __ = 12. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insert/#x2)
- Insert a picture into your document. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insert/#x3)
- Insert the plug carefully into the socket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insert/#x4)
- The magazine came with a free insert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insert/#x5)
- Insert commas in the right places. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insert/#x6)
- I have inserted Deirdre's "Lament" from the Book of Leinster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insert/#x7)

### note

Verb stressed in-SERT, noun IN-sert. Noun: insertion. Safety: never insert anything except a proper plug into an electric socket.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «insert» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insert/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.