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Meaning of embed
noun
- An embedded reporter or journalist, such as a war reporter assigned to and travelling with a military unit, or a political reporter assigned to follow and report on the campaign of a candidate.
- An element of an advertisement, etc. serving as a subliminal message.
- An item embedded in another document.
verb
- To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed. Example: to embed something in clay, mortar, or sand
- (by extension) To include in surrounding matter. Example: We wanted to embed our reporter with the Fifth Infantry Division, but the Army would have none of it.
- To encapsulate within another document or data file. Example: The instructions showed how to embed a chart from the spreadsheet within the wordprocessor document.
- To define a one-to-one function from (one set) to another so that certain properties of the domain are preserved when considering the image as a subset of the codomain.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
What is a Dictionary Checker?
A dictionary checker verifies whether a typed word exists in a word list. It is useful for word games, puzzle checks, spelling checks, and quick vocabulary confirmation.
How It Works
The tool cleans the input, compares it against a local English word list, and then tries to load definitions from a free dictionary source when available.