INSERTION
Dictionary entry overview: What does insertion mean?
• INSERTION (noun)
The noun INSERTION has 2 senses:
1. a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted
2. the act of putting one thing into another
Familiarity information: INSERTION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INSERTION (noun)
Meaning:
A message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
insertion; interpolation
Context examples:
with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told / with many insertions in the margins
Hypernyms ("insertion" is a kind of...):
content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)
Meaning:
The act of putting one thing into another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
intromission; insertion; introduction
Hypernyms ("insertion" is a kind of...):
movement (the act of changing the location of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "insertion"):
cannulation; cannulisation; cannulization; canulation; canulisation; canulization; intubation (the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ)
instillation; instillment; instilment (the introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop)
enclosing; enclosure; envelopment; inclosure (the act of enclosing something inside something else)
injection (the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure)
blood transfusion; transfusion (the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery)
perfusion (pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels))
