Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- transitive v. To insert between other elements; interpose. See Synonyms at introduce.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- v. To insert something between other things
- v. To interpose oneself; to intervene.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- transitive v. To throw in between; to insert; to interpose.
- intransitive v. To throw one's self between or among; to come between; to interpose.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To throw in between other things; insert; interpolate.
- To come between; interpose.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- v. to insert between other elements
Etymologies
Examples
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Well what id like to interject is this. why is it that only fish taken on a pole is considered sportsfishing .. i grew up as a fisherman working with my dad and we never used hand held lines commercially, just isnt done anymore .. so why is it that handheld "records" cant be counted in with the "sportsfishing" records??
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In psychological terms this is called an interject.
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I might interject a word of explanation here by saying that additional credit is required to finance a rising stock market only to the extent that existing stock owners withdraw their profits.
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I would have to call in and I would be in my living room listening to a noisy conference room and just kind of interject with a line here and there.
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Mark: Thank God Bernstein is around to at least interject some Israel talk ....
The Volokh Conspiracy » Destroying the Constitution’s Structure is not Constitutional
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Thank God Bernstein is around to at least interject some Israel talk ....
The Volokh Conspiracy » Destroying the Constitution’s Structure is not Constitutional
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Interrupt speakers to interject your own views at inappropriate moments.
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Again he paused to kiss his hand to the memory of her, and Slim, alias Bruce Cadogan Cavendish, took advantage to interject:
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But my editors decided Bates had gone so far over the top that I should try to interject some sanity into the discussion.
Ken Bates should answer some questions rather than make up enemies | David Conn
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Then of course, "the ring shot" (probably the most prominent one since the '08 Republican convention) represents another way to administer a flogging, allowing the media to directly interject itself into Weiner's domestic life, which would include his bedroom, and, yes, dole out the shame (reinforced in the corresponding caption 3 below).
Michael Shaw: Reading the Pictures: Media's Weiner Pictures: Who's Getting Dirty Now?
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