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verb
- 1. fix (an object) firmly and deeply in a surrounding mass: "he had an operation to remove a nail embedded in his chest"
- 2. attach (a journalist) to a military unit during a conflict: "the CNN correspondent is now embedded with the US Navy aboard the USS Constellation"
noun
- 1. a journalist who is attached to a military unit during a conflict.
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to put a computer or piece of electronic equipment inside a product in order to control the way it operates: be embedded in/into sth Microprocessors are embedded into products such as cars, fridges, traffic lights, and industrial equipment.
The meaning of EMBED is to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix. How to use embed in a sentence.
to surround tightly or firmly; envelop or enclose: Thick cotton padding embedded the precious vase in its box. to incorporate or contain as an essential part or characteristic: A love of color is embedded in all of her paintings.
1. To fix firmly in a surrounding mass: embed a post in concrete; fossils embedded in shale. 2. a. To cause to be an integral part of a surrounding whole: "a minor accuracy embedded in a larger untruth" (Ian Jack). b. Linguistics To insert or position (a clause or phrase) within a clause or phrase.
The verb embed means to implant something or someone — like to embed a stone into a garden pathway or to embed a journalist in a military unit. When you stick something firmly within a particular environment, you are embedding it.
To embed something such as a video or music file in a web page is to insert it into that page.
Definition of embed verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
embed meaning, definition, what is embed: to put something firmly and deeply into ...: Learn more.
to place (text, images, sound, or computer code) in a computer file, HTML document, software program, or electronic device: Here's how to embed videos on your website. See more verb (used without object), em·bed·ded, em·bed·ding.
Linguistics, Grammar [Gram.] to insert (a construction, as a phrase or clause) into a larger construction, as a clause or sentence. v.i. to be or become fixed or incorporated, as into a surrounding mass: Glass embeds in the soft tar of the road. Also, imbed.
