Meaning of introduction | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Preamble, introduction.
2. The act or process of introducing.
   countable, uncountable
3. giving an introduction. He made a few introductory remarks about the film before showing it. inleidende opmerkings تَمْهيدي، إسْتِهْلالي встъпителен introdutório úvodní einleitend introducerende εισαγωγικόςintroductorio sissejuhatav آشنا ساز alustava d'introductionפתיח आरंभिक uvodni bevezető pengantar inngangs- introduttivo 前置きの 소개의 įvadinis ievada- memberi pengenalan inleidendinnledende, innlednings-wstępny مقدماتى introdutório in­tro­ductiv вступительный úvodný uvoden uvodan inledande, inle...
4. An initial section of a book or article, which introduces the subject material.
   countable, uncountable
5. The act or process of introducing or the state of being introduced.
6. A written or oral explanation of what constitutes the basis of an issue.
   countable, uncountable
7. A means, such as a personal letter, of presenting one person to another.
8. Something recently introduced; an innovation: "He loathed a fork; it is a modern introduction which has still scarcely reached common people" (D.H. Lawrence).
9. Something spoken, written, or otherwise presented in beginning or introducing something, especially:a. A preface, as to a book.
10. the act of introducing or fact of being introduced
11. a presentation of one person to another or others
12. a means of presenting a person to another person, group, etc, such as a letter of introduction or reference
13. a preliminary part, as of a book, speech, etc
14. (Classical Music) music a. an instrumental passage preceding the entry of a soloist, choir, etc
    music

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Examples

“the introduction of a new product into the market”

“David was feeling groggy at his introduction to Sophie, and didn't remember her name.”

“This book features a preface by a well-known botanist, and an introduction by the author's mentor at university.”

“ECON 101: introduction to economics”

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