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Definition of insert noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

insert

noun
 
/ˈɪnsɜːt/
 
/ˈɪnsɜːrt/
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  1. insert (in something) an extra section added to a book, newspaper or magazine, especially to advertise something
    • an 8-page insert on the new car models
  2. insert (in something) something that is put inside something else, or added to something else
    • These inserts fit inside any style of shoe.
  3. Word Originlate 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’.
See insert in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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