to reinsert

Examples

• All

• As he digs into the file cabinet to reinsert the goods, we watch the silhouettes growing nearer and nearer on the glass.

  Fiction book (1992)

• After setting, the ear plug is removed and reinserted to check the fit.

  Academic text (1995)

• Then you simply reinsert the now modified T cells, the CAR T cells, and they follow their normal DNA programming to move and search.

• Beginning in the 1990s, veterans groups, particularly in Ohio, attempted to reinsert themselves into the mainstream of campus dialogue.

  Academic text (1996)

• The male cable holder had come off, so I put some paper on it and I reinserted it in the female receptacle.

  Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)

• For example, a modicum of worker protection against arbitrary dismissals was reinserted into the labor law.

  Academic text (2001)

• Testing in the third stage was identical to the second stage, except the foam eartip was removed and reinserted before retesting.

  Academic text (2001)

• To fix the broken drawer, you need to reinsert the sliding mechanism into its original slot.

• After removing the battery, you will have to reinsert it correctly to power the device again.

• She carefully reinserted the missing piece into the puzzle after finding it under the couch.

Synonyms

P

to put back

vsto reinsert

449 1.0

Return something to the place where it was before

is a single-word verb rather than a multiword phrase

R

to replace

vsto reinsert

305 1.8

Put something back where it belongs

is limited to returning something specifically to its original location

R

to remount

vsto reinsert

1 6.5

To put a part back in place after it was removed

is the general act of putting something back without implying disassembly

R

to reseat

vsto reinsert

1 3.7

To put something back into its correct place so it works

is broader, applying to returning items to many positions not only seats

R

to reimplant

vsto reinsert

• Specialized

7.2

To put a device, tissue, or organ that was removed back into its original place

is used broadly for returning items to their original position not limited to medicine

R

to reerect

vsto reinsert

6.5

Put something back up after it falls or is taken down

is more general, meaning return to original place not focused on uprightness

Antonyms

R

to remove

∞ 1.5

To move something or someone away from a place

D

to displace

140 5.5

To make a person leave their usual place or job

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology