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 Definitions of insertion  [ɪnˈsɜr ʃən]  

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Definition of 'insertion' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) insertion
the act of inserting.

2.  insertion
something inserted.

3.  insertion
Bot., Zool.

4.  insertion
the place or manner of attachment, as of a muscle to the part it moves or a leaf to a stem.

5.  insertion
the part of the structure that is attached.

6.  insertion
lace, embroidery, or the like, to be sewn between parts of other material.

Etymology:  (1570–80; < LL)

Definition of 'insertion' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) interpolation, insertion
a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted
"with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told"; "with many insertions in the margins"

2. (noun) insertion, introduction, intromission
the act of putting one thing into another


Definition of 'insertion' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) insertion
the act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings

2. (noun) insertion
the condition or mode of being inserted or attached; as, the insertion of stamens in a calyx

3. (noun) insertion
that which is set in or inserted, especially a narrow strip of embroidered lace, muslin, or cambric

4. (noun) insertion
the point or part by which a muscle or tendon is attached to the part to be moved; -- in contradistinction to its origin


Translation of 'insertion' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to put or place (something) in
He inserted the money in the parking meter; An extra chapter has been inserted into the book; They inserted the announcement in the newspaper.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: invoegsel Arabic flag Arabic: إدْخال Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: вкарване
Brazilian flag Brazilian: inserção Czech flag Czech: inzerát; vložka German flag German: die Einfügung
Danish flag Danish: indskydelse; indføjelse Greek flag Greek: προσθήκη, καταχώριση Spanish flag Spanish: inserción
Estonian flag Estonian: sissepanek Farsi flag Farsi: قرار گیری در داخل چیزی Finnish flag Finnish: sisäänpano
French flag French: insertion Hebrew flag Hebrew: תוֹסֶפֶת Hindi flag Hindi: निवेशन, अन्त:स्थापन
Croatian flag Croatian: umetanje Hungarian flag Hungarian: behelyezés, beillesztés; Indonesian flag Indonesian: sisipan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: innskot Italian flag Italian: inserzione, l'inserire Japanese flag Japanese: 挿入
Korean flag Korean: 삽입 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: įdėjimas Latvian flag Latvian: iespraušana;
Malay flag Malay: kemasukan Dutch flag Dutch: het indoen, het invoegen Norwegian flag Norwegian: innføying, innskudd, innk
Polish flag Polish: umieszczenie Persian flag Persian: قرار گیری در داخل چیزی Pashto flag Pashto: ننه ايستنه، ځايونه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: inserção Romanian flag Romanian: inserare; introducere Russian flag Russian: вкладывать;вставка; помещ
Slovak flag Slovak: vloženie; inzerát Slovenian flag Slovenian: vstavek Serbian flag Serbian: ubacivanje
Swedish flag Swedish: insättande, insats, inlag Thai flag Thai: การแทรก Turkish flag Turkish: sokma, araya koyma
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 插入 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: вставляння; включення Urdu flag Urdu: ادخال
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự chèn vào Chinese flag Chinese: 插入

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