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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
inset
I.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Inset day
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The inset on the following page shows more detail of the downtown area.
II.verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ It is easier to inset after typing than before.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inset

Inset \In*set"\, v. t. To infix. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.

Inset

Inset \In"set\, n.

  1. That which is inserted or set in; an insertion.

  2. (Bookbinding) One or more separate leaves inserted in a volume before binding; as:

    1. A portion of the printed sheet in certain sizes of books which is cut off before folding, and set into the middle of the folded sheet to complete the succession of paging; -- also called offcut.

    2. A page or pages of advertisements inserted.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
inset

1550s, "influx of water, place where water flows in," from in + set (n.2). Meaning "extra pages of a book, etc." is from 1875; that of "small map in the border of a larger one" is from 1881.

Wiktionary
inset

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

WordNet
inset
  1. n. a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one

  2. an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted [syn: insert]

  3. a piece of material inset to strengthen or enlarge a garment [syn: gusset]

  4. v. set or place in

  5. [also: insetting]

Wikipedia
INSET

INSET can refer to:

  • Integrated National Security Enforcement Teams - A Canadian police unit
  • Inset days - IN-SErvice Training days for teachers in the United Kingdom

Usage examples of "inset".

Inuit technology can be recognized in the transition from the American Paleoarctic tradition use of microblades as projectile point insets to the subsequent manufacture and use of bifacially flaked and ground side blades.

There were also zinnias, and chrysanthemums, and potted aphelandras, and two graceful fringetails in an inset aquarium.

But beside the plain, finger-wide band all rising adults received gleamed a quartet of gems to be inset later.

Carved from olivewood, a little bigger than a shoe box, it had a tin lid perforated by tiny airholes and inset with the icon of an unrecognizable saint.

When he scanned around with his retinal insets on infrared the geometric buildings were a uniform temperature.

The peekaboo brassiere with its insets of see-through lace, the high-waisted panties, and the self-supporting stockings were like something out of an old Betty Page comic.

The mercie bent, and the two of them struggled to shift the plate out of the steel flange inset into the surface of the street.

Inside the box were the rollers that gave the toy its phonetic Rola name: wide rollers carrying a long flat continuous belt inset with many rows of sidewise-facing cogwheel teeth.

Williams curtly, as she walked across the floor and keyed a top-secret security code into the touchpad of an inset videophone.

Set within each of the eight sides, above the balcony, were colossal slabs of lapis lazuli, inset with graceful but unplaceable designs in scarlet and sapphire blue.

The construct arced across distance and time, and conjoined with another, inset with the trefoil seal of a sworn obligation.

A small archtop door inset into the interior Castle wall lay to their left.

The floor was inset with tourmaline, amber, amethyst, aventurine, and other semiprecious stones.

He nodded to Rella to get the sled under way, then took Boiny by the shoulders and steered him toward an inset control panel.

She snatched the retinal projection goggles from her face and studied a little display inset into the bracelet.