verb🔗ShareTo insert an extra leap day into a calendar in order to maintain synchrony with natural phenomena."Because Earth's orbit isn't exactly 365 days, the calendar intercalates a leap day into February every four years to stay aligned with the seasons. "timeastronomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo insert an extra month into a calendar for the same purpose. The Hebrew calendar has such a month."The Hebrew calendar intercalates an extra month in certain years to align with the solar cycle. "timeastronomyreligionculturehistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo insert a substance between two or more molecules, bases, cells, or tissues."The teacher intercalates short review quizzes between the longer lessons to help students remember the material. "chemistrybiologybiochemistrymedicinephysiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo insert anything somewhere (especially between other things), such as an affix into a word. (Compare interpolate.)"The teacher intercalates short video clips into her lectures to keep the students engaged. "grammarlinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
