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• INTRODUCTION (noun)
The noun INTRODUCTION has 7 senses:

1. the first section of a communication
2. the act of beginning something new
3. formally making a person known to another or to the public
4. a basic or elementary instructional text
5. a new proposal
6. the act of putting one thing into another
7. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

Familiarity information: INTRODUCTION used as a noun is common.

• INTRODUCTION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The first section of a communication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("introduction" is a kind of...):

section; subdivision (a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "introduction"):

prologue (an introduction to a play)

prolegomenon (a preliminary discussion inserted at the beginning of a book or treatise)

preamble (a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose))

foreword; preface; prolusion (a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book)

opening (the initial part of the introduction)

exordium ((rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse)

Holonyms ("introduction" is a part of...):

narration; recital; yarn (the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events)

address; speech (the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The act of beginning something new

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

debut; first appearance; entry; introduction; launching; unveiling

Context example:

they looked forward to the debut of their new product line

Hypernyms ("introduction" is a kind of...):

beginning; commencement; start (the act of starting something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "introduction"):

induction (the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time))

product introduction (the introduction (usually by an advertising campaign) of a new product or product line)

ushering in (the introduction of something new)

naturalisation; naturalization (the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Formally making a person known to another or to the public

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

intro; introduction; presentation

Hypernyms ("introduction" is a kind of...):

informing; making known (a speech act that conveys information)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "introduction"):

debut (the presentation of a debutante in society)

reintroduction (an act of renewed introduction)

Sense 4

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Meaning:

A basic or elementary instructional text

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("introduction" is a kind of...):

school text; schoolbook; text; text edition; textbook (a book prepared for use in schools or colleges)

Sense 5

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Meaning:

A new proposal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

they resisted the introduction of impractical alternatives

Hypernyms ("introduction" is a kind of...):

proposal (something proposed (such as a plan or assumption))

Sense 6

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Meaning:

The act of putting one thing into another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

intromission; insertion; introduction

Hypernyms ("introduction" is a kind of...):

movement (the act of changing the location of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "introduction"):

perfusion (pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels))

blood transfusion; transfusion (the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery)

injection (the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure)

enclosing; enclosure; envelopment; inclosure (the act of enclosing something inside something else)

instillation; instillment; instilment (the introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop)

cannulation; cannulisation; cannulization; canulation; canulisation; canulization; intubation (the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ)

Sense 7

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Meaning:

The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

founding; instauration; initiation; origination; innovation; institution; creation; foundation; introduction

Context examples:

she looked forward to her initiation as an adult / the foundation of a new scientific society / he regards the fork as a modern introduction

Hypernyms ("introduction" is a kind of...):

beginning; commencement; start (the act of starting something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "introduction"):

authorship; paternity (the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing)

"While there's life, there's hope."
(English proverb)
"A handful of love is better than an oven full of bread"
(Breton proverb)
"A wise man associating with the vicious becomes an idiot; a dog traveling with good men becomes a rational being."
(Arabic proverb)
"The fox can lose his fur but not his cunning."
(Corsican proverb)

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