inset

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnsɛt/

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• Rhymes: -ɪnsɛt

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.

inset (plural insets)

1. A smaller thing set into a larger thing, such as a small picture inside a larger one.
2. Anything inserted.
3. A small piece of material used to strengthen a garment.

• carbon inset
• INSET day

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

From Dutch inzet (“inset”).

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

inset

1. inset

• inzet

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