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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.
Embed definition: to fix into a surrounding mass. See examples of EMBED used in a sentence.
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.
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.
Definition of embed verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To embed something such as a video or music file in a web page is to insert it into that page.
verb. embedded, embedding, embeds. To set (flowers, etc.) in earth. Webster's New World. To set or fix firmly in a surrounding mass. To embed tiles in cement. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To cause to be an integral part of a surrounding whole.
"embed" is a correct and usable word in written English. It is a verb meaning to firmly lodge or place something in a surrounding substance, or to firmly place an idea or feeling in the mind of somebody. Example: After the video team embedded the microphone in the costume, the actor was ready to start shooting.
fixed into the surface of something: embedded in The thorn was embedded in her thumb. If an emotion, opinion, etc. is embedded in someone or something, it is a very strong or important part of him, her, or it: embedded in A sense of guilt was deeply embedded in my conscience.
