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Embed

/əmˈbɛd/

An embedded reporter or journalist, such as a war reporter assigned to and travelling with a military unit, or a political reporter assigned to follow and report on the campaign of a candidate.

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📖 Definitions of "Embed"

noun

1
An embedded reporter or journalist, such as a war reporter assigned to and travelling with a military unit, or a political reporter assigned to follow and report on the campaign of a candidate.
2
An element of an advertisement, etc. serving as a subliminal message.
3
An item embedded in another document.

verb

1
To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.
"to embed something in clay, mortar, or sand"
2
(by extension) To include in surrounding matter.
"We wanted to embed our reporter with the Fifth Infantry Division, but the Army would have none of it."
3
To encapsulate within another document or data file.
"The instructions showed how to embed a chart from the spreadsheet within the wordprocessor document."
4
To define a one-to-one function from (one set) to another so that certain properties of the domain are preserved when considering the image as a subset of the codomain.

🔄 Synonyms of "Embed"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
engraftverb	To insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for the purpose of propagation; graft onto a plant
plantnoun	(botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.
imbedverb	Alternative spelling of embed. [(transitive) To lay (something) as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.]
implantnoun	(transitive) To insert (something) surgically into the body.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Embed"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
imbedverb	Alternative spelling of embed. [(transitive) To lay (something) as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.]
implantverb	(transitive) To insert (something) surgically into the body.
engraftverb	To insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for the purpose of propagation; graft onto a plant
plantverb	(ambitransitive) To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.
buryverb	To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.
insertverb	(transitive) To put in between or into.
sendverb	(transitive, ditransitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
integrating	That integrates.
incorporateverb	(transitive) To include (something) as a part.
integrateverb	(transitive) To include as a constituent part or functionality.
includeverb	To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
anchorverb	To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
integrated	composed and coordinated to form a whole
anchored	(heraldry) Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor. (Compare sarcelly, moline.)
mainstreamingnoun	(education, chiefly US) The practice of educating students with special needs in regular classes.
mainstreamverb	(transitive) To popularize, to normalize, to render mainstream.
incorporated	(US) Being a type of company, a legal entity where the ownership has been arranged into shares. A shareholder has no responsibilities to the company and the potential losses of the shareholder are limited to the value of the stock turning to zero in the case of a bankruptcy.
enshrineverb	(transitive, by extension) To preserve or cherish (something) as though in a shrine; to preserve or contain, especially with some reverence.
rooted	(figuratively) Ingrained, as through repeated use; entrenched; habitual or instinctive.
nestverb	A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.