What does interject mean?

Definitions for interject
ˌɪn tərˈdʒɛktin·ter·ject

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. interject, come in, interpose, put in, throw in, injectverb

    to insert between other elements

    "She interjected clever remarks"

Wiktionary

  1. interjectverb

    To insert something between other things

  2. interjectverb

    To interpose oneself; to intervene.

  3. Etymology: From interiectus, perfect passive participle of intericio.

ChatGPT

  1. interject

    Interject is to say or insert something abruptly, often as an interruption or as a comment or exclamation within a conversation or text.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Interjectverb

    to throw in between; to insert; to interpose

  2. Interjectverb

    to throw one's self between or among; to come between; to interpose

  3. Etymology: [L. interjectus, p. p. of interjicere to interject; inter between + jacre to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Interject

    in-tėr-jekt′, v.t. to throw between: to insert.—v.i. to throw one's self between.—n. Interjec′tion, a throwing between: (gram.) a word thrown in to express emotion.—adjs. Interjec′tional, Interjec′tionary, Interjec′tural.—adv. Interjec′tionally. [L. inter, between, jacĕre, to throw.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of interject in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of interject in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of interject in a Sentence

  1. Michael Needham:

    Over the past two weeks, conservatives have rightly fought to interject additional consumer choice and competition into an otherwise deteriorating market, it is encouraging to see some of those concepts being considered by the Senate Republican Conference.

  2. Jerri Jackson:

    He was just this bright light, if you were having a bad day at work or feeling down, he'd interject that dry humor. He'd inject a little zip and you were,' I'm back. I'm good.'.

  3. Willy Sorenson:

    There’s all kinds of different pop culture things we try to interject here and there to get their attention and hit home.

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