verb

insert

to insert, to put in, to add

Insert the key into the lock.

Insert the key into the lock.

Please insert your name in the blank.

Please insert your name in the blank.

((sth.)) ((into/in sth.)) to put something inside something else She inserted the coin into the machine.

Synonyms: put in, introduce, implant; Antonyms: remove, extract

From Latin 'inserere', from 'in-' (in) + 'serere' (to join, link).

Imagine putting something 'IN' a 'SERT' (slot or series).

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