Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To set in; infix or implant.

    set or place in

  2. (transitive)To insert something.

  3. (transitive)To add an inset to something.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. For more information about the map, see the inset.

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Origin

From Middle English insetten, from Old English insettan (“to set in, institute, appoint”),

From Middle English insetten, from Old English insettan (“to set in, institute, appoint”), equivalent to in- + set. Cognate with Dutch inzetten (“to insert, set in”), Low German insetten (“to set in”), German einsetzen (“to insert, employ”), Danish indsætte (“to insert”), Swedish insätta (“to inset, induct, institute”), Icelandic innsetja (“to install”).

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Forms

insets, insetting, inset, inset
Base forminset · to inset
3rd person singularinsets
Present participleinsetting
Past simpleinset / insetted
Past participleinset / insetted

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyinset
he, she, itinsets

Past simpleLesson

all personsinset

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave inset
he, she, ithas inset

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill inset

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
inseparableB2insertinsertioninsideB2

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