English noun: insertion | |||
1. | insertion (communication) a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted | ||
Samples | With the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told. With many insertions in the margins. | ||
Synonyms | interpolation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | content, message, subject matter, substance | ||
2. | insertion (act) the act of putting one thing into another | ||
Synonyms | introduction, intromission | ||
Broader (hypernym) | movement | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | blood transfusion, cannulation, cannulisation, cannulization, canulation, canulisation, canulization, enclosing, enclosure, envelopment, inclosure, injection, instillation, instillment, instilment, intubation, perfusion, transfusion | ||