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Introduction

Introduction Meaning & Definition
Introduction Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Introduction?

[n] the act of beginning something new; "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line"
[n] the act of putting one thing into another
[n] the first section of a communication
[n] a basic or elementary instructional text
[n] a new proposal; "they resisted the introduction of impractical alternatives"
[n] formally making a person known to another or to the public

Synonyms | Synonyms for Introduction: debut | entry | first appearance | insertion | intro | intromission | launching | presentation | unveiling

Related Terms | Find terms related to Introduction: abecedarium | abecedary | access | acknowledgments | acquaintance | acquaintedness | act | admission | afterpiece | and arithmetic | aside | avant-propos | back | back matter | bastard title | bibliography | bit | breakthrough | catch line | catchword | chaser | close acquaintance | cloture | coinage | colophon | coming out | committee consideration | concert overture | contents | contents page | copyright page | curtain | curtain call | curtain raiser | debate | debut | dedication | deliberation | descant | discovery | divertimento | divertissement | division | dramatic overture | elementary education | elements | embarkation | embarkment | embedment | endleaf | endpaper | endsheet | entrance | entree | entry | epilogue | episode | errata | exode | exodus | exordium | expository scene | filibuster | filibustering | filing | finale | first appearance | first reading | first steps | floating | flotation | flyleaf | folio | fore edge | foreword | front matter | frontispiece | graft | grafting | half-title page | head | hoke act | hornbook | impaction | impactment | implantation | import | importation | importing | imprint | inaugural address | inauguration | income | incoming | index | induction | infiltration | infix | infixion | infusion | ingoing | ingress | ingression | initiation | injection | innovation | inoculation | input | inscription | insert | insertion | insinuation | installation | installment | intake | intercalation | interjection | interlineation | interlocution | interlude | intermezzo | intermission | interpenetration | interpolation | introgression | intromission | intrusion | invention | knockdown | launching | leaf | leakage | leap | logrolling | maiden speech | makeup | neologism | new phase | novelty | number | obiter dictum | opener | operatic overture | overture | page | parenthesis | penetration | percolation | perfusion | postulate | preamble | preface | prefix | prefixture | preliminaries | preliminary | prelude | premise | presentation | presupposition | primer | proem | prolegomena | prolegomenon | prolepsis | prologue | propaedeutic | protasis | reading | reception | recto | remark | reverso | roll call | routine | rudiments | running title | scene | second reading | seepage | shtick | side remark | signature | sketch | skit | song and dance | stand-up comedy act | steamroller methods | striptease | subtitle | table of contents | tabling | tail | talkathon | tessellation | text | third reading | title | title page | tossing-in | trim size | turn | type page | unveiling | vamp | verse | verso | voluntary | Vorspiel | vote | writing

See Also | address | beginning | blood transfusion | cannulation | cannulisation | cannulization | canulation | canulisation | canulization | commencement | enclosing | enclosure | envelopment | exordium | foreword | inclosure | induction | informing | injection | instillation | instillment | instilment | intubation | making known | movement | narration | naturalisation | naturalization | opening | perfusion | preamble | preface | product introduction | prologue | prolusion | proposal | recital | reintroduction | school text | schoolbook | section | speech | start | subdivision | text | text edition | textbook | transfusion | ushering in | yarn

Introduction In Webster's Dictionary

\In`tro*duc"tion\, n. [L. introductio: cf. F. introduction. See {Introduce}.] 1. The act of introducing, or bringing to notice. 2. The act of formally making persons known to each other; a presentation or making known of one person to another by name; as, the introduction of one stranger to another. 3. That part of a book or discourse which introduces or leads the way to the main subject, or part; preliminary; matter; preface; proem; exordium. 4. A formal and elaborate preliminary treatise; specifically, a treatise introductory to other treatises, or to a course of study; a guide; as, an introduction to English literature.

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