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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛkt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inject.wav [Southern-England] Forms: injects [present, singular, third-person], injecting [participle, present], injected [participle, past], injected [past]
Rhymes: -ɛkt Etymology: From Latin iniectus, injectus, participle of iniciō, injiciō (“I throw in”), from in- + iaciō (“I throw”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(H)yeh₁-}}, {{der|en|la|iniectus|iniectus, injectus}} Latin iniectus, injectus, {{m|la|iniciō|iniciō, injiciō|t=I throw in}} iniciō, injiciō (“I throw in”), {{af|la|in-|iaciō<t:I throw>|nocat=1}} in- + iaciō (“I throw”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} inject (third-person singular simple present injects, present participle injecting, simple past and past participle injected)
  1. (transitive) To push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage. Tags: transitive Translations (to push or pump something in): inspuit (Afrikaans), ἐνίημι (eníēmi) (Ancient Greek), սրսկել (srskel) (Armenian), инжектирам (inžektiram) (Bulgarian), injectar (Catalan), 注射 (zhùshè) (Chinese Mandarin), injecteren (Dutch), inspuiten (Dutch), injecter (French), injizieren (German), spritzen [medicine, sciences] (German), einspritzen [engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] (German), înjecter [Jersey] (Norman), vstreknúť (Slovak), vstrekovať (Slovak), injektovať (Slovak), spruta in (Swedish), injicera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-inject-en-verb-jklVXAtQ Disambiguation of 'to push or pump something in': 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
  2. (transitive) To introduce (something) suddenly or violently. Tags: transitive Translations (to introduce something suddenly or violently): սրսկել (srskel) (Armenian), впръсквам (vprǎskvam) (Bulgarian), injectar (Catalan), 增加 (zēngjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), 投入 (tóurù) (Chinese Mandarin), injecteren (Dutch), injizieren (German), vdýchnuť (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-inject-en-verb-N9O7vB6j Disambiguation of 'to introduce something suddenly or violently': 1 75 0 5 11 0 8
  3. (transitive) To administer an injection to (someone or something), especially of medicine or drugs. Tags: transitive Translations (to administer an injection to): inspuit (Afrikaans), սրսկել (srskel) (Armenian), инжектирам (inžektiram) (Bulgarian), injectar (Catalan), injecteren (Dutch), inspuiten (Dutch), pistää (Finnish), injektoida (Finnish), ruiskuttaa (Finnish), piikittää (Finnish), injecter (French), injizieren (German), spritzen (German), iniettare (Italian), ចាក់ថ្នាំ (cakthnam) (Khmer), കുത്തിവെയ്ക്കുക ഇൻഞ്ചക്റ്റ് (kuttiveykkuka) (Malayalam), înjecter [Jersey] (Norman), injectar (Occitan), wstrzykiwać [imperfective] (Polish), wstrzyknąć [perfective] (Polish), injetar (Portuguese), injecta (Romanian), впры́скивать (vprýskivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), впры́снуть (vprýsnutʹ) [perfective] (Russian), dať injekciu (Slovak), inyectar (Spanish), injicera (Swedish), ฉีดยา (chìit-yaa) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-inject-en-verb-vU81yFpI Disambiguation of 'to administer an injection to': 3 1 59 26 8 1 1
  4. (intransitive) To take or be administered something by means of injection, especially medicine or drugs. Tags: intransitive Translations (to take or be administered something by means of injection): spuiten (Dutch), spritzen (German)
    Sense id: en-inject-en-verb-p62cQ11O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 14 6 39 19 2 3 Disambiguation of 'to take or be administered something by means of injection': 3 5 10 74 6 0 1
  5. (transitive, computing) To introduce (code) into an existing program or its memory space, often without tight integration and sometimes through a security vulnerability. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-inject-en-verb-tUx8RCHk Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  6. (obsolete, transitive) To cast or throw; used with on. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-inject-en-verb-8K1t1s8R
  7. (transitive) To introduce or add (something that is different or foreign). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-inject-en-verb-824G9JWt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: injectable, injectal, injection

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Italian",
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          "lang": "Khmer",
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          "sense": "to administer an injection to",
          "word": "ចាក់ថ្នាំ"
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          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
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          "sense": "to administer an injection to",
          "word": "കുത്തിവെയ്ക്കുക ഇൻഞ്ചക്റ്റ്"
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          "code": "oc",
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          "word": "injectar"
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          "sense": "to administer an injection to",
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          "word": "wstrzykiwać"
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          "word": "dať injekciu"
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          "sense": "to administer an injection to",
          "word": "injicera"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1996 November 11, David Taillé <taille@calva.net>, “Getting Process information”, in comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32 (Usenet), message-ID <MPG.cf15f0a5cfb22c3989699@news.calvacom.fr>",
          "text": "Yes, you'll have to use CreateRemoteThread to \"inject code\" if you want information like the current directory of a process (at least on NT 3.5x).",
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        {
          "ref": "1999 August 23, Osvaldo Pinali Doederlein <osvaldo@visionnaire.com.br>, “Java is Going to Be the Death of Java”, in comp.lang.java.advocacy (Usenet), message-ID <001b01beed13$76a66350$450510ac@mde.emn.fr>",
          "text": "As soon as a virus programmer discovers that some popular ActiveX thing has a bug that can be exploited, e.g. with controlled crashes to inject code, it's going to be a disaster.",
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        {
          "ref": "2003, Ryan Russell, “The Thief No One Saw”, in Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box, page 146",
          "text": "A quick test to see if I can inject SQL data is to enter my username and password as 'a.",
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          "text": "inject something into orbit",
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          "ref": "1996 November 11, David Taillé <taille@calva.net>, “Getting Process information”, in comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32 (Usenet), message-ID <MPG.cf15f0a5cfb22c3989699@news.calvacom.fr>",
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      "sense": "to push or pump something in",
      "word": "注射"
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      "word": "injecteren"
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      "sense": "to push or pump something in",
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      "sense": "to push or pump something in",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to administer an injection to",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "впры́скивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vprýsnutʹ",
      "sense": "to administer an injection to",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "впры́снуть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to administer an injection to",
      "word": "dať injekciu"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to administer an injection to",
      "word": "inyectar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to administer an injection to",
      "word": "injicera"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "chìit-yaa",
      "sense": "to administer an injection to",
      "word": "ฉีดยา"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to take or be administered something by means of injection",
      "word": "spuiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to take or be administered something by means of injection",
      "word": "spritzen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inject"
}

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