Pronunciations (4)
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/ɪn.təˈdʒɛkt/
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/ɪn.tɚˈd͡ʒɛkt/
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ɪn.təˈdʒɛkt
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ɪn.tɚˈdʒɛkt
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- US
Verb
To insert something between other things.
Usage- Transitive
To say as an interruption or aside.
Usage- Transitive
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More examples (2)
He roared with prodigious violence against George the Second. When he ceased, Moody interjected, in an Irish tone, and with a comick look, “Ah! poor George the Second.”
‘Please, sir, Richard says one of the horses has got a very bad cold, and he thinks, sir, if you could make it convenient to go the day after to-morrow, instead of to-morrow, he could physic it to-day, so as—’ ‘Confound his impudence!’ interjected the master.
As I listened I interjected an occasional sentence of Japanese translation for our guests.
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Virenque, in a panicky mishearing, replied, “Me a dealer? No, I am not a dealer.” […] Whereupon Virenque’s lawyer interjected, “No, Richard, the judge said leader. It’s not an offense to be a leader.”
To interpose oneself; to intervene.
Usage- Intransitive
Verb
to insert between other elements
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She interjected clever remarks