{
    "term": "insertion",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the act of putting something inside something else; a thing that is put inside something else",
            "sensetop": "insertion (in/into something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "An examination is carried out before the insertion of the tube."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Acupuncture involves the insertion of needles into specific points of the body."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a thing that is added to a book, piece of writing, etc.; the act of adding something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the insertion of an extra paragraph"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈsɜːʃn/",
                "audio": "in/insertion/insertion__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈsɜːrʃn/",
                "audio": "in/insertion/insertion__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (in sense (2)): from late Latin insertio(n-), from Latin inserere, from in- ‘into’ + serere ‘to join’."
}