{
    "term": "insert",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "insert",
            "heSheIt": "inserts"
        },
        "pastSimple": "inserted",
        "pastParticiple": "inserted",
        "ingForm": "inserting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to put something into something else or between two things",
            "sensetop": "insert something (in/into something)insert something between A and B",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Insert coins into the slot and press for a ticket.",
                    "contextForm": "insert something (in/into something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They inserted a tube in his mouth to help him breathe."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She picked up a knife and inserted it between the top of the drawer and the desk.",
                    "contextForm": "insert something between A and B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fine needles are gently inserted into the patient's skin."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The artist digitally inserted himself into the picture."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He winced as the doctor inserted the needle."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["carefully", "gently", "digitally"],
                "preposition": ["between", "in", "into"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to add something to a piece of writing",
            "sensetop": "insert somethinginsert something into somethinginsert something between A and B",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Position the cursor where you want to insert a word.",
                    "contextForm": "insert something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The program will automatically insert the replacement text."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Later, he inserted another paragraph into his will.",
                    "contextForm": "insert something into something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The English translation is inserted between the lines of text.",
                    "contextForm": "insert something between A and B"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["carefully", "gently", "digitally"],
                "preposition": ["between", "in", "into"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈsɜːt/",
                "audio": "in/insert/insert__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈsɜːts/",
                "audio": "in/insert/inserts__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈsɜːtɪd/",
                "audio": "in/insert/inserted__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈsɜːtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/insert/inserting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈsɜːrt/",
                "audio": "in/insert/insert__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈsɜːrts/",
                "audio": "in/insert/inserts__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈsɜːrtɪd/",
                "audio": "in/insert/inserted__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈsɜːrtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/insert/inserting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘include (text) in a piece of writing’): from Latin insert- ‘put in’, from the verb inserere, from in- ‘into’ + serere ‘to join’."
}