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/ˌɪntrədˈus/ /ˌɪntroʊdˈus/ Listen

verb

Introduce v. t. (past & past part. introduced; pres. part. introducing)

To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.

To put (something into a place); to insert; as, to introduce the finger, or a probe.

To lead to and make known by formal announcement or recommendation; hence, to cause to be acquainted; as, to introduce strangers; to introduce one person to another.

To bring into notice, practice, cultivation, or use; as, to introduce a new fashion, method, or plant.

To produce; to cause to exist; to induce. (Obs.) "Whosoever introduces habits in children, deserves the care and attention of their governors."

To open to notice; to begin; to present; as, he introduced the subject with a long preface.

Synonyms: To bring in; usher in; insert; begin; preface.

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Etymology of 'Introduce'

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"Introduce" Quotes from Famous Books

... first day he began his minstrel career sought to introduce new ideas; not to do things as they had been done. He was the first to uniform the parade. The costumes were long, light-colored, newmarket overcoats, black velvet collar, stylishly patterned. They were very attractive overcoats, contrasting effectively ...

— Watch Yourself Go By • Al. G. Field

... Bennet came to Mr. Gray's, Abel did not like him. He laughed at him. He made the other boys laugh at him whenever he could. He bullied him in the play-ground. He proposed to introduce fagging at Mr. Gray's. He praised it as a splendid institution of the British schools, simply because he wanted Gabriel as his fag. He wanted to fling his boots at Gabriel's head that he might black them. He wanted to send him down stairs in his shirt on winter nights. He wanted to have ...

— Trumps • George William Curtis

... a nook apart, Discussed the World, and settled all the spheres: The wits watched every loophole for their art, To introduce a bon-mot head and ears; Small is the rest of those who would be smart, A moment's good thing may have cost them years Before they find an hour to introduce it; And then, even then, some bore may make ...

— The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 6 • Lord Byron

... inquiringly at each other and then at Sam, who was the first to speak. In the Colonel's state of mind, with regard to his carriage and his horses, he did not think it advisable to introduce a helpless stranger into the house, and he said, "I'll tell you what; did you ever make a chair ...

— The Cromptons • Mary J. Holmes

... feared,—that the consolidation of a central power would be fatal to the liberties of the country and the rights of the States, and would introduce a system of spoils and the reign of demagogues, all in subserviency to a mere military chieftain, utterly unfit to guide the nation in its complicated interests. But his gloomy predictions fortunately were not fulfilled, in spite of all the misrule and obstinacy of the ...

— Beacon Lights of History, Volume XII • John Lord

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