introduce

Alternative forms

• interduce (eye dialect)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɪntɹəˈdus/, (proscribed) /ˌɪntəɹˈdus/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪntɹəˈdjuːs/

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• Hyphenation: in‧tro‧duce

Verb

introduce (third-person singular simple present introduces, present participle introducing, simple past and past participle introduced)

1. (transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).

   Let me introduce you to my friends.

   • 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 96:

     His unruly hair was slicked down with water, and as Jessamy introduced him to Miss Brindle his face assumed a cherubic innocence which would immediately have aroused the suspicions of anyone who knew him.

2. (transitive) To make (something or someone) known by formal announcement or recommendation.

   The senator plans to introduce the bill in the next session.

   Let me introduce our guest speaker.

3. (transitive) To add (something) to a system, a mixture, or a container.

   Various pollutants were introduced into the atmosphere.

4. (transitive) To bring (something) into practice.

   Wheeled transport was introduced long ago.

   • 2013 October 5, “The widening gyre”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8856:

     First introduced in Letchworth Garden City in 1909, the roundabout […] proved so popular in Britain that in the 1960s the Transport Research Laboratory developed a miniature version.

Anagrams

• reduction

Verb

introduce

1. inflection of introducir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Verb

introduce

1. present of introducer
2. imperative of introducer

Verb

introduce

1. third-person singular present indicative of introdurre

Anagrams

• decurtino

Verb

intrōdūce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of intrōdūcō

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin introducere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [in.troˈdu.t͡ʃe]

Verb

a introduce (third-person singular present introduce, past participle introdus) 3rd conjugation

1. (transitive) to insert
2. (transitive) to establish, enact (to appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.)

Further reading

• introduce in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Verb

introduce

1. inflection of introducir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative