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to embed

to embed

24 3.9
Insert a video or code into a webpage so it shows and works there
  • verb
  • /ɪmˈbɛd/
  • Texting
: incrustar en
  • You can embed a video from YouTube directly into your blog for better engagement.
  • embed a link
  • embed audio

But Tuesday it goes live on YouTube and it's embedded into your website.

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Examples

  • Miniaturization of all things electronic will allow more technology to be embedded in the convenient contact lens.

    Academic text (2012)
  • In some cases, the camera may be handheld, for example, when embedded in a cellphone.

    Academic text (2012)
  • So that we can have a range of product that people can just embed into their design.

  • But Tuesday it goes live on YouTube and it's embedded into your website.

  • So how do we actually create or embed artificial emotional intelligence into the agents and the robots?

  • So you can check on the different examples, question everything to embed on your website, copy and paste.

  • We go through daily life using computers embedded in various kinds of machines, from cars to coffee pots.

    Academic text (1992)
  • And Uber and Lyft actually embed some finance right in their app.

  • If the designer needs a custom macro, it can be constructed and embedded in the library.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The sphere is comprised of nearly 25,000 ultra high-definition panels with embedded 8K microcameras on both sides.

Synonyms

to imbed
vsto embed
  • UK
12 6.0

To put something firmly into a material so it stays there

is digital insertion that makes content display and behave inside a host
to inline
vsto embed
  • Specialized
1 5.9

To put something directly inside a document so it shows without a link

is integrated to display and act as part of the host

Antonyms

175 3.9

To remove something from somewhere, often by effort, or to get information

1 8.2

To take something out of the place or situation where it first came from

How Integrated

to integrate
131 4.1
to embed
  • Texting
24 3.9
to include
∞ 1.0
to attach
599 2.5
link
  • Texting
805 2.7

Surface Forms

embed infinitive
embedded past
embedded past participle
embedding present participle
embeds third person singular

Morphology

embed = bed (transparent) = em + bed

The computing/web sense is a metaphorical extension of 'place into' or 'fix into', which is directly derivable from 'em-' + 'bed'.

Etymology

Embed comes from the parts em- 'in' and bed 'place', so a helpful image is planting a flower in a garden bed. That's why to embed a video or map on a web page is to put it inside the page so it looks and works as part of that page.