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Definition of "insert" []

  • To put or set into, between, or among: inserted the key in the lock. See Synonyms at introduce. (verb-transitive)
  • To put or introduce into the body of something; interpolate: insert an illustration into a text. (verb-transitive)
  • To place into an orbit, trajectory, or stream. (verb-transitive)
  • Something inserted or intended for insertion, as a picture or chart into written material. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "insert" in a sentence
  • "Then we just run our query. public function insert ($table, $values, $rows = null) if ($this - > tableExists ($table)) {$insert = 'INSERT INTO'. $table; if ($rows!"
  • "You don't need to unescape data on the way out either - it's magic! my $firstname = param ( 'firstname'); my $lastname = param ( 'lastname'); my $insert = $dbh - > prepare ( "insert into users (firstname, lastname) values (?,"
  • "As I've mentioned in prior calls, direct response, we did see some small declines in our first year persistency on a segment of that business which was primarily what we call our insert media which, those changes we've now reversed as a result of some rate test that that we did and actually for 2009 we'll see our first year persistency improve in that marketplace."