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/ Rhymes: -ɪnsɛt === Verb === inset (third-person singular simple present insets, present participle insetting, simple past and past participle inset or insetted) (transitive) To set in; infix or implant. (transitive) To insert something. (transitive) To add an inset to something. === Noun === inset (plural insets) A smaller thing set into a larger thing, such as a small picture inside a larger one. Anything inserted. A small piece of material used to strengthen a garment. (telecommunications) A modular microphone that can be removed from a telephone handset without disassembly. (mining) An opening partway down a shaft, giving access to the intermediate levels. ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === inset (comparative further inset or farther inset, superlative furthest inset or farthest inset) Having been inset. Coordinate terms: embedded, recessed === See also === carbon inset INSET day === Anagrams === Tiens, set in, Tines, senti, nites, tsien, snite, set-in, tsine, Stein, neist, -stein, sient, stein, tines == Indonesian == === Alternative forms === inzet === Etymology === From Dutch inzet. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈinsɛt/ [ˈin.sɛt̪̚] Rhymes: -insɛt Syllabification: in‧set === Noun === inset (plural inset-inset) inset (a smaller thing set into a larger thing) === Further reading === “inset”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016