verb

inject

ihn-JEHKT

verb

To force a liquid, especially medicine or a drug, into the body using a needle.

"The nurse injected the vaccine into his upper arm."

"Diabetics often need to inject insulin daily."

To add or introduce something suddenly, often to improve or change a situation.

"The government promised to inject more funding into the health service."

"A good joke can inject some humor into a dull meeting."

How to Use Inject

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTo force something (a liquid, or figuratively money, humor, energy) into something else.

Common pairings

inject a drug inject funding inject humor inject cash

injected past tense, injects singular

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From Latin inicere/injicere, "to throw into," from in- plus iacere, "to throw."