An article published in Harvard Menās Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
INSERT
insert, cut-in
(noun) (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film
insert, cut-in
(noun) (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program
insert, inset
(noun) an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
insert
(noun) a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication
insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
(verb) place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing; āInsert your ticket hereā
tuck, insert
(verb) fit snugly into; āinsert your ticket into the slotā; ātuck your shirttail inā
insert, infix, enter, introduce
(verb) put or introduce into something; āinsert a picture into the textā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
insert (third-person singular simple present inserts, present participle inserting, simple past and past participle inserted)
(transitive) To put in between or into.
Synonyms
• (put in between or into): enter, inset, introduce, put in, put inside
Antonyms
• delete
Noun
insert (plural inserts)
An image inserted into text.
A promotional or instructive leaflet inserted into a magazine, newspaper, tape or disk package, etc.
A mechanical component inserted into another.
(linguistics) An expression, such as "please" or an interjection, that may occur at various points in an utterance.
(genetics) A sequence of DNA inserted into another DNA molecule.
(television) A pre-recorded segment included as part of a live broadcast.
(film, television) A close-up shot used to draw attention to a particular element of a larger scene.
Anagrams
• Stiner, Strine, Tiners, estrin, inerts, inters, niters, nitres, sinter, terins, triens, trines
Noun
Insert (plural Inserts)
A key that when pressed switches between the overtype mode and the insert mode of a computer.
Synonyms
• Ins
Anagrams
• Stiner, Strine, Tiners, estrin, inerts, inters, niters, nitres, sinter, terins, triens, trines
Source: Wiktionary
In*sert", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inserted; p. pr. & vb. n. Inserting.] Etym: [L. insertus, p. p. of inserere to insert; pref. in- in + serere to join, connect. See Series.]
Definition: To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to insert a letter, word, or passage in a composition; to insert an advertisement in a newspaper. These words were very weakly inserted where they will be so liable to misconstruction. Bp. Stillingfleet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
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