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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
interjects, interjecting, interjected |
| definition: |
to interpose (a remark or comment) between words or remarks or in the middle of a conversation or discussion.
He was always interjecting unwanted criticisms.I will lecture, but please feel free to interject any questions you may have.May I just interject that our time has almost run out for today?- synonyms:
- chip in, intercalate, interpolate, interpose
- similar words:
- inject, insert, interlard, introduce
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| related words: |
drag, intrude |
adverb + (v.)interject
possibly, quickly, suddenly
(v.)interject
+ adverb
here, please, quietly
(v.)interject
+ noun
comment, dimension, element, middle, minute, note, opinion, point, politics, professor, second, voice
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| derivation: |
interjector (n.) |
The word interject
contains the following parts:
inter-
Latin
prefix
that means between, among
  Example words:
interact, interactive, intercalate, intercede, intercept, interchange, intercollegiate, intercommunity, interconnect, interdependent, interdict, interfere, interferometer, interferon, interfuse, intergroup, interim, interject, interlace, interleave, interlinear, Interlingua, interlock, interlocutor, interloper, interlude, intermediary, intermediate, intermission, intermittent, intermix, intermolecular, international, internet, interpellate, interpolate, interpose, interpret, interracial, interrelate, interrogate, interrupt, intersect, intersection, intersperse, interstate, interstellar, intervene, intervertebral
ject, jet, jac
Latin
root
that means throw; lie
Example words:
abject, adjacent, adjective, conjecture, deject, dejection, ejaculatory, eject, inject, injection, interject, interjection, jet, jetsam, jettison, object, objective, project, projectile, projection, reject, rejection, subjacent, subject, subjective, trajectory
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