Dictionary

inject en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛkt/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Latin iniectus, injectus, participle of iniciō, injiciō (“to throw in”), from in- + iaciō (“I throw”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage.
   • The nurse injected a painkilling drug into the veins of my forearm.
2. (transitive) To introduce (something) suddenly or violently.
   • Caesar also, then hatching tyranny, injected the same scrupulous demurs. 1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC:
   • Punk injected a much-needed sense of urgency into the British music scene.
3. (transitive) To administer an injection to (someone or something), especially of medicine or drugs.
   • to inject the blood vessels
   • Now lie back while we inject you with the anesthetic.
4. (intransitive) To take or be administered something by means of injection, especially medicine or drugs.
   • It's been a week since I stopped injecting, and I'm still in withdrawal.
5. (transitive) To introduce (code) into an existing program or its memory space, often without tight integration and sometimes through a security vulnerability.
   • 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. 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>:
   • 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). 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>:
   • DOM XSS is an unusual method for injecting JavaScript into a user's browser. 2007, Jeremiah Grossman, Robert Hansen, “XSS Theory”, in XSS Attacks: Cross-Site Scripting Exploits and Defense, →ISBN, page 86:
   • The AJAX controls inject the appropriate JavaScript code into the HTML output stream without you needing to code any JavaScript yourself. 2010, Andrew Moore, “AJAX Explained: What It Does and Why You Should Consider Using It”, in Visual Studio 2010 All-in-One for Dummies, →ISBN, page 410:
   • A quick test to see if I can inject SQL data is to enter my username and password as 'a. 2003, Ryan Russell, “The Thief No One Saw”, in Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box, →ISBN, page 146:
6. (obsolete, transitive) To cast or throw; used with on.
   • And mound inject on mound. 1725, Homer, “Book XI”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume III, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:
7. (transitive) To introduce or add (something that is different or foreign).
   • Launchers can inject in orbit several satellites per launch since LEO and MEO satellites are usually smaller than GEO satellites. 2019, Anja Nakarada Pecujlic, Matteo Tugnoli·, Promoting Productive Cooperation Between Space Lawyers and Engineers, page 132:
   • Someone with a rudimentary knowledge of a language may inject words of that new language into sentences to indicate a desire to identify and affiliate. 2021, Colin Baker, Wayne E. Wright, Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism:
   • inject some spice into my life
   • Although you must admit that'd inject some spice into my life. 2009, Ilsa Evans, The Family Tree, page 25:
   • inject something into orbit
   • This passage seems unfortunately to have set the tone, among English writers, for comment on the expedition, and quite wrongly since Gamitto used his donkey to inject some much needed light relief among the difficulties and privations of the journey. 1960, Antonio Candido Pedroso Gamitto, King Kazembe and the Marave, Cheva, Bisa, Bemba, Lunda, and Other Peoples of Southern Africa, page 10:

Forms

Deriveds

optoinject · injectite · coinjected · preinjected · injectisome · injectate · microinjecting · injectee · reinject · injector · superinject · misinject · noninjected · electroinject · coinject · uninjected · injectible · photoinject · nanoinject · agroinject · noninjecting · autoinjected · injectability · coinjecting · microinject

Relateds

injectal · injectable · injection

Translations (57)

fi piikittää (to administer an injection to) · de einspritzen (to push or pump something in) · fi ruiskuttaa (to administer an injection to) · fr injecter (to push or pump something in) · hy սրսկել (to introduce something suddenly or violently) · pl wstrzyknąć (to administer an injection to) · cmn 投入 (to introduce something suddenly or violently) · sk vstreknúť (to push or pump something in) · cmn 增加 (to introduce something suddenly or violently) · bg инжектирам (to push or pump something in) · nrf înjecter (to administer an injection to) · nl injecteren (to administer an injection to) · nrf înjecter (to push or pump something in) · ru впры́скивать (to administer an injection to) · th ฉีดยา (to administer an injection to) · ru впры́снуть (to administer an injection to) · nl injecteren (to push or pump something in) · nl inspuiten (to administer an injection to) · nl spuiten (to take or be administered something by means of injection) · fr injecter (to administer an injection to) · sk injektovať (to push or pump something in) · grc ἐνίημι (to push or pump something in) · nl injecteren (to introduce something suddenly or violently) · kix lāp (to push or pump something in) · sv injicera (to push or pump something in) · de injizieren (to administer an injection to) · es inyectar (to administer an injection to) · bg впръсквам (to introduce something suddenly or violently) · af inspuit (to push or pump something in) · fi pistää (to administer an injection to) · pl wstrzykiwać (to administer an injection to) · it iniettare (to administer an injection to) · sk vstrekovať (to push or pump something in) · nl inspuiten (to push or pump something in) · bg инжектирам (to administer an injection to) · sv injicera (to administer an injection to) · de spritzen (to take or be administered something by means of injection) · ro injecta (to administer an injection to) · sk vdýchnuť (to introduce something suddenly or violently) · sk dať injekciu (to administer an injection to) · km ចាក់ថ្នាំ (to administer an injection to) · de injizieren (to introduce something suddenly or violently) · fi injektoida (to administer an injection to) · pt injetar (to administer an injection to) · hy սրսկել (to push or pump something in) · ca injectar (to introduce something suddenly or violently) · ca injectar (to administer an injection to) · af inspuit (to administer an injection to) · de spritzen (to push or pump something in) · hy սրսկել (to administer an injection to) · sv spruta in (to push or pump something in) · ca injectar (to push or pump something in) · cmn 注射 (to push or pump something in) · ml കുത്തിവെയ്ക്കുക ഇൻഞ്ചക്റ്റ് (to administer an injection to) · de injizieren (to push or pump something in) · de spritzen (to administer an injection to) · oc injectar (to administer an injection to)