| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | in·tro·duce |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n tr -d s , -dys |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: in·tro·duced, in·tro·duc·ing, in·tro·duc·es
1a. To present (someone) by name to another in order to establish an acquaintance. b. To present (a performer, for example) to the public for the first time. 2. To bring forward (a plan, for example) for consideration. 3. To provide (someone) with a beginning knowledge or first experience of something: introduced me to weightlifting. 4a. To bring in and establish in a new place or environment: exotic plants that had been introduced from the jungle. b. To bring into currency, use, or practice; originate: introduced the new product in several test markets; introduced the tango into their circle of friends. 5. To put inside or into; insert or inject. 6. To open or begin; preface: introduced the slide show with an orienting talk. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English introducen, to bring into, from Latin intr d cere : intr-, within; see en in Appendix I + dcere, to lead; see deuk- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | intro·ducer —NOUN
intro·duci·ble —ADJECTIVE
| | SYNONYMS: | introduce, insert, interject, interpolate, interpose These verbs mean to put or set a person or thing into, between, or among others: introduce suspense into a novel; insert a letter into an envelope; interject a comment into a conversation; interpolated a transitional passage into the text; interposed himself between the scrapping boys. See also synonyms at broach1.
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