introduce

[[t]ɪ̱ntrədju͟ːs, AM -du͟ːs[/t]]

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introduces, introducing, introduced

1) VERB To introduce something means to cause it to enter a place or exist in a system for the first time.

[V n] The Government has introduced a number of other money-saving moves...

[V n into/to n] I kept the birds indoors all winter and introduced them into an aviary the following June...

[V n into/to n] The word `Pagoda' was introduced to Europe by the 17th century Portuguese.

Derived words:

introduction N-UNCOUNT usu N of n

What he is better remembered for is the introduction of the moving assembly-line in Detroit in 1913.

...the introduction of a privacy bill to prevent press intrusions into private lives.

2) VERB If you introduce someone to something, you cause them to learn about it or experience it for the first time.

[V n to n] He introduced us to the delights of natural food.

Derived words:

introduction N-SING usu N to n

His introduction to League football would have been gentler if he had started at a smaller club...

It was Sergeant Miller's introduction to a crime which has occupied him for nearly nine years.

3) VERB If you introduce one person to another, or you introduce two people, you tell them each other's names, so that they can get to know each other. If you introduce yourself to someone, you tell them your name.

[V n to n] Tim, may I introduce you to my uncle's secretary, Mary Waller?...

[V pl-n] Someone introduced us and I sat next to him...

[V pl-n] We haven't been introduced. My name is Nero Wolfe...

[V pron-refl] Let me introduce myself.

Derived words:

introduction plural N-VAR

With considerable shyness, Elaine performed the introductions.

4) VERB The person who introduces a television or radio programme speaks at the beginning of it, and often between the different items in it, in order to explain what the programme or the items are about.

[be V-ed by n] `Health Matters' is introduced by Dick Oliver on BBC World Service. [Also V n]

Syn:

present