inset

English

Etymology

From Middle English insetten, from Old English insettan (“to set in, institute, appoint”), equivalent to in- +‎ set. Cognate with Dutch inzetten (“to insert, set in”), Low German insetten (“to set in”), German einsetzen (“to insert, employ”), Danish indsætte (“to insert”), Swedish insätta (“to inset, induct, institute”), Icelandic innsetja (“to install”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnsɛt/

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• Rhymes: -ɪnsɛt

Verb

inset (third-person singular simple present insets, present participle insetting, simple past and past participle inset or insetted)

1. (transitive) To set in; infix or implant.
2. (transitive) To insert something.
3. (transitive) To add an inset to something.

Noun

inset (plural insets)

1. A smaller thing set into a larger thing, such as a small picture inside a larger one.
   • 1990, M. E. Cage, D. Y. Yu, G. Marullo Reedtz, “Observation and an Explanation of Breakdown of the Quantum Hall Effect”, in Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, volume 95, number 1:

     The inset of figure 1 shows the geometry of the samples.

2. Anything inserted.
3. A small piece of material used to strengthen a garment.
4. (telecommunications) A modular microphone that can be removed from a telephone handset without disassembly.
   • 1998, Andrew Emmerson, Electronic Classics: Collecting, Restoring and Repair, page 99:

     Microphone insets can deteriorate and older examples may produce a permanent frying noise.

Translations

smaller thing set into a larger thing

• Bulgarian: прибавка (bg) f (pribavka)
• Finnish: insertti (fi)
• German: Einsatz (de) m (often as part of compound nouns)
• Polish: wkładka (pl) f
• Russian: вкле́йка (ru) f (vkléjka), вкла́дка (ru) f (vkládka), вкла́дыш (ru) m (vkládyš)
• Spanish: inserto (es)

anything inserted

• Finnish: insertti (fi)
• Russian: вкле́йка (ru) f (vkléjka), вкла́дка (ru) f (vkládka), вста́вка (ru) f (vstávka), вкла́дыш (ru) m (vkládyš)
• Spanish: inserto (es)

small piece of material used to strengthen a garment

• Finnish: vahvike
• Russian: вста́вка (ru) f (vstávka)
• Spanish: refuerzo (es) m, parche (es)

Adjective

inset (comparative further inset, superlative furthest inset)

1. Having been inset.

   Coordinate terms: embedded, recessed

   the inset diamonds

   the inset liners

See also

• carbon inset
• INSET day

Anagrams

• Stein, Tiens, neist, nites, senti, set in, sient, snite, stein, tines, tsine

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch inzet (“inset”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /insɛt/
• Hyphenation: in‧sèt

Noun

inset

1. inset

Alternative forms

• inzet

Further reading

• “inset” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.