embed C2 Topic:Space, Position & Direction US /ɪmˈbɛd/ See IPA manual Homophones imbed /ɪmˈbɛd/ Freq #49198 Meanings 1 verb To fix something firmly inside a surrounding material. The shrapnel had embedded itself deep in the wall. 2 verb To place one document, image, or file inside another. You can embed a chart from the spreadsheet directly into the report. 3 verb To attach a journalist to a military unit to report from within it. The reporter was embedded with troops on the front line. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to fix something firmly... plant Word family Forms embeddedembeddingembeds Derived forms cryoembeddisembedembeddabilityembeddableembedderembedmentreembedunembed Etymology AI details From em- + bed. Topics Space, Position & Direction Media & Publishing Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # embed **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /ɪmˈbɛd/ **Frequency rank:** 49198 ## Meanings 1. To fix something firmly inside a surrounding material. 2. To place one document, image, or file inside another. 3. To attach a journalist to a military unit to report from within it. ## Examples - The shrapnel had embedded itself deep in the wall. - You can embed a chart from the spreadsheet directly into the report. - The reporter was embedded with troops on the front line. ## Derived Forms - cryoembed - disembed - embeddability - embeddable - embedder - embedment - reembed - unembed ## Roots and Affixes - Affix: em- - in, into ## Etymology From em- + bed. ## AI Etymology Embed is from em- + bed. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern verbal form is built from the named base and affix. Current senses include to fix something firmly inside a surrounding material, to place one document, image, or file inside another, and to attach a journalist to a military unit to report from within it. The wider family includes derived forms such as cryoembed, disembed, embeddability, embeddable, and embedder. ## Topics - Space, Position & Direction - Media & Publishing - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown