insert

Everyday

1. To insert means to put something into something else: «Insert the key.» tree →
2. To insert means to add words, pictures or numbers into a text or list. tree →
3. (noun) An insert is an extra page or piece put inside something, such as a leaflet in a magazine. tree →

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 →
• Insert the missing number: 7 + __ = 12. tree →
• Insert a picture into your document. tree →
• Insert the plug carefully into the socket. tree →
• The magazine came with a free insert. tree →
• Insert commas in the right places. tree →
• I have inserted Deirdre's "Lament" from the Book of Leinster. tree →

Note

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

In Jewish tradition

Here it means that the account was included in another book, which shows that the biblical writers used earlier records, such as the royal chronicles.

Interpretation. The tradition notes that the Bible often refers to older writings, and so it treats some prophetic books as lost or as included in others.

Examples

• Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the words of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is inserted in the book of the kings of Israel. (Writings 2CH.20.34, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

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