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US
/ˌɪntɹəˈdus, ˌɪntɹoʊˈdus/
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[ UK /ˌɪntɹədjˈuːs/ ]
[ UK /ˌɪntɹədjˈuːs/ ]
VERB
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put before (a body)
introduce legislation -
put or introduce into something
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bring something new to an environment
A new word processor was introduced -
bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment
The new secretary introduced a nasty rumor
He brought in a new judge - bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc.
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cause to come to know personally
permit me to acquaint you with my son
introduce the new neighbors to the community -
furnish with a preface or introduction
She always precedes her lectures with a joke
He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution -
bring in or establish in a new place or environment
introduce exotic fruits
introduce a rule -
be a precursor of
The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period -
place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing
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How To Use introduce In A Sentence
- Your essay gets a bit confused halfway through when you introduce too many ideas at once.
- It would have been a luxury to unfrock some of them, but it has seemed to me the duty of every sincere Republican to endure a great deal rather than say anything to introduce division or controversy into party ranks .... A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3
- You come along with me and I'll introduce you (he's not what you call a refined sort of feller, yer know, 'he explained forbearingly,' but still we've always been friends in a way); you can't stop? The Giant's Robe
- So I'm pleased to introduce our first presenter , one of the stars of Traffic , Catherine Zeta - Jones .
- Ralphs et al. suggested no difference in locoweed consumption between native cattle and cattle introduced to locoweed under natural grazing conditions.
- Even as large numbers were reintroduced to former habitats, it was not easy to prove that they were surviving and reproducing, the true measure of the project's success.
- We have introduced singers like Madeline Bell as headliners and I think the club is beginning to take off.
- After the almost funereal beginning of the first movement, the clarinets introduce a lyric second theme, which is treated in the graceful manner of a siciliana. NPR Topics: News
- We will pay you a suitable, er, emolument as the finder and introducer of this piece if it does turn out to be genuine and we buy it? GOTHIC PURSUIT
- [From Vivaculus:]… I hasted to London, and entreated one of my academical acquaintances to introduce me into some of the little societies of literature which are formed in taverns and coffee - houses.