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to embed

to embed

28 7.2
Stay with a military unit to report on its actions from inside
  • verb
  • /ɪmˈbɛd/
  • Literature
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  • Sorry I was embedded in Iraq last year.
  • embedded reporter
  • embedded correspondents
  • embedded narrative

So we, it was a Saturday morning, our forces that we were embedded with, supporting were sweeping through the city.

Examples

  • - Yeah, but I'd be embedded with an elite military unit.

    Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D (2014)

  • And so this time around, I'm going to be embedded as a researcher on a team.

  • I have been embedded with them, okay?

    The Hunt (2020)

  • But those pieces you wrote when you were embedded with the 1st Division were...

    Man of Steel (2013)

  • I was the only journalist embedded with a Military Intelligence Unit.

    WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception (2004)

  • There were embedded journalists traveling, you know, with with US convoys and going to press briefings by the Pentagon and so on.

  • Embedded with MACV-SOG.

    Kong: Skull Island (2017)

  • During the war, the reporter was embedded with the soldiers to provide firsthand accounts of their experiences.

  • As an embedded journalist, she captured the daily life of troops in Afghanistan during their deployment.

  • The documentary featured an embedded correspondent who traveled alongside the combat unit to report on their mission.

Antonyms

to withdraw
466 2.8

To stop taking part in a place or activity

How Close

to embed
  • Literature
28 7.2
to cover
  • Literature
954 3.3
to report on
  • Literature
580 3.3

Surface Forms

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

Morphology

embed = bed (semi-transparent) = em + bed

The 'embed with' military/journalist sense is a specialized collocational extension of 'place into' and may not be fully inferable to learners from the basic components.

Etymology

Embed comes from the parts em- 'in' and bed 'place', meaning to be set inside something. That's why a journalist who is embedded with troops is placed inside the unit to live with them and report from there.