interject
verb /ˌɪntəˈdʒekt/
/ˌɪntərˈdʒekt/
[transitive, intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they interject | /ˌɪntəˈdʒekt/ /ˌɪntərˈdʒekt/ |
| he / she / it interjects | /ˌɪntəˈdʒekts/ /ˌɪntərˈdʒekts/ |
| past simple interjected | /ˌɪntəˈdʒektɪd/ /ˌɪntərˈdʒektɪd/ |
| past participle interjected | /ˌɪntəˈdʒektɪd/ /ˌɪntərˈdʒektɪd/ |
| -ing form interjecting | /ˌɪntəˈdʒektɪŋ/ /ˌɪntərˈdʒektɪŋ/ |
- + speech | interject (something) to interrupt what somebody is saying with your opinion or a remark
- ‘You're wrong,’ interjected Susan.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin interject- ‘interposed’, from the verb interjicere, from inter- ‘between’ + jacere ‘to throw’.