introduction

introduction
[[t]ɪ̱ntrədʌ̱kʃ(ə)n[/t]]
introductions
1) N-COUNT: oft N to n The introduction to a book or talk is the part that comes at the beginning and tells you what the rest of the book or talk is about.

Ellen Malos, in her introduction to `The Politics of Housework', provides a summary of the debates.

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2) N-COUNT: usu N to n, oft in names If you refer to a book as an introduction to a particular subject, you mean that it explains the basic facts about that subject.

On balance, the book is a friendly, down-to-earth introduction to physics.

...`Psychology and Language: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics'.

3) N-COUNT You can refer to a new product as an introduction when it becomes available in a place for the first time.

There are two among their recent introductions that have greatly impressed me.

4) See also introduce
5) PHRASE: V inflects If you say that someone or something needs no introduction, you mean that they are so well known that everyone knows who or what they are.

Michael Jackson, of course, needs no introduction.


English dictionary. 2008.

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