What does inset mean?

Definitions for inset
ˈɪnˌsɛt; ɪnˈsɛtin·set

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. insetnoun

    a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one

  2. insert, insetnoun

    an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted

  3. gusset, insetverb

    a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment

  4. insetverb

    set or place in

Wiktionary

  1. insetnoun

    a smaller thing set into a larger thing; such as a small picture inside a larger one

  2. insetnoun

    anything inserted

  3. insetnoun

    a small piece of material used to strengthen a garment

  4. insetverb

    to insert something

  5. insetverb

    to add an inset to something

Wikipedia

  1. INSET

    Integrated National Security Enforcement Teams (INSET; French: Équipes intégrées de la sécurité nationale, EISN) are Canadian counter-terrorist, counter-foreign interference and counter-espionage security forces operating under the auspices of Public Safety Canada. These federal investigative teams were formed in 2002 in response to the September 11 attacks.Canadian provinces will have National Security Enforcement Sections (NSES) instead of an INSET in places that do not have a large city.

ChatGPT

  1. inset

    An inset is a thing that is put inside something else as a part, feature, or decoration. It could be a picture, map, or diagram placed within a piece of text, a small area of a wall which has been pushed back to create a space, or even a smaller piece of clothing sewn into a larger one to create a particular shape or design.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Insetverb

    to infix

  2. Insetnoun

    that which is inserted or set in; an insertion

  3. Insetnoun

    one or more separate leaves inserted in a volume before binding; as: (a) A portion of the printed sheet in certain sizes of books which is cut off before folding, and set into the middle of the folded sheet to complete the succession of paging; -- also called offcut. (b) A page or pages of advertisements inserted

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Inset

    in′set, n. something set in, an insertion, esp. a leaf or leaves inserted in other leaves already folded.—v.t. to set in, to infix or implant.

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Anagrams for inset »

  1. niste

  2. nites

  3. set in

  4. sient

  5. snite

  6. stein

  7. Stein

  8. tines

  9. tsine

  10. stine

  11. neist

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of inset in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of inset in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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