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Definition of Introduction
1. Noun. The act of beginning something new. "They looked forward to the debut of their new product line"
Generic synonyms: Beginning, Commencement, Start
Specialized synonyms: Induction, Product Introduction, Ushering In, Naturalisation, Naturalization
Derivative terms: Debut
2. Noun. The first section of a communication.
Specialized synonyms: Exordium, Opening, Foreword, Preface, Prolusion, Preamble, Prolegomenon, Prologue
Group relationships: Narration, Recital, Yarn, Address, Speech
3. Noun. Formally making a person known to another or to the public.
Generic synonyms: Informing, Making Known
Specialized synonyms: Debut, Reintroduction
Derivative terms: Introduce, Present, Present
4. Noun. A basic or elementary instructional text.
5. Noun. A new proposal. "They resisted the introduction of impractical alternatives"
6. Noun. The act of putting one thing into another.
Generic synonyms: Movement
Specialized synonyms: Cannulation, Cannulisation, Cannulization, Canulation, Canulisation, Canulization, Intubation, Instillation, Instillment, Instilment, Enclosing, Enclosure, Envelopment, Inclosure, Injection, Blood Transfusion, Transfusion, Perfusion
Derivative terms: Insert, Insert, Insert, Introduce, Introduce, Intromit
7. Noun. The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new. "The foundation of a new scientific society"
Generic synonyms: Beginning, Commencement, Start
Specialized synonyms: Authorship, Paternity
Derivative terms: Create, Found, Found, Found, Initiate, Initiate, Innovate, Innovational, Institute, Institutionalise, Originate, Originate
Definition of Introduction
1. n. The act of introducing, or bringing to notice.
Definition of Introduction
1. Noun. The act or process of introducing. ¹
2. Noun. A means, such as a personal letter, of presenting one person to another. ¹
3. Noun. An initial section of a book or article, which introduces the subject material. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Introduction
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Introduction
Literary usage of Introduction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Commentary on the Gospel of St. Luke by Frédéric Louis Godet (1881)
"introduction. THE introduction of a Biblical Commentary is not designed to ...
The proper work of introduction is to prepare the way for the study of the ..."
2. Le Lai De L'Oiselet: An Old French Poem of the Thirteenth Century : Edition by Lenora D. Wolfgang (1990)
"E of the introduction, and of the latter in sections IV. ... In section I of the
introduction I outline the poem in somewhat longer detail than usual. ..."
3. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, Edmund Kemper Broadus (1904)
"introduction I BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Robert Louis Stevenson was born November 13,
1850, at 8 Howard Place, Edinburgh. Qn his mother's side he came of a line ..."
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