Introduction Definition

ĭntrə-dŭkshən
noun
An introducing or being introduced.
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Anything introduced, or brought into use, knowledge, or fashion.
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Anything that introduces, or prepares the way for.
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The formal presentation of one person to another, to an audience, to society, etc.
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Something spoken, written, or otherwise presented in beginning or introducing something, especially:
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Other Word Forms of Introduction

Noun

Singular:
introduction
Plural:
introductions

Origin of Introduction

  • Middle English introduccioun from Old French introduction from Latin intrōductiō intrōductiōn- from intrōductus past participle of intrōdūcere to bring in introduce

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French introduction, from Latin (ultimately intrōdūcō), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”) and Proto-Indo-European *dewk-.

    From Wiktionary

Introduction Sentence Examples

  • Mendelssohn owed his first introduction to the public to Lessing's admiration.

  • Beyond the introduction of the spider line it is unnecessary to mention the various steps by which the Gascoigne micrometer assumed the modern forms now in use, or to describe in detail the suggestions of Hooke, 4 Wren, Smeaton, Cassini, Bradley, Maskelyne, Herschel, Arago, Pearson, Bessel, Struve, Dawes, &c., or the successive productions of the great artists Ramsden, Troughton, Fraunhofer, Ertel, Simms, Cooke, Grubb, Clarke and Repsold.

  • The earliest written record of the introduction of domesticated cats into Great Britain dates from about A.D.

  • Carmen refrained from looking at Alex or displaying the shock she felt at the introduction of two more siblings he had never mentioned - an entire family.

  • After that introduction, my wife listened; for more than five minutes, while Howie apparently continued to ramble.

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