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INTERJECT
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they interject ... he / she / it interjects
Past simple: interjected
Past participle: interjected
-ing form: interjecting
Sense 1
Meaning:
To insert between other elements
Example:
She interjected clever remarks
Synonyms:
come in; inject; interject; interpose; put in; throw in
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "interject" is one way to...):
break up; cut off; disrupt; interrupt (make a break in)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Derivation:
interjection (the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts)
interjection (an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion)
