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Introduce   /ˌɪntrədˈus/  /ˌɪntroʊdˈus/   Listen
Introduce

verb
(past & past part. introduced; pres. part. introducing)
1.
Cause to come to know personally.  Synonyms: acquaint, present.  "Introduce the new neighbors to the community"
2.
Bring something new to an environment.  Synonym: innovate.
3.
Introduce.  Synonyms: enclose, inclose, insert, put in, stick in.
4.
Bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment.  Synonym: bring in.  "The new secretary introduced a nasty rumor"
5.
Bring in or establish in a new place or environment.  "Introduce exotic fruits"
6.
Put or introduce into something.  Synonyms: enter, infix, insert.
7.
Bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc..  Synonym: bring out.
8.
Put before (a body).
9.
Furnish with a preface or introduction.  Synonyms: precede, preface, premise.  "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
10.
Be a precursor of.  Synonyms: inaugurate, usher in.



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"Introduce" Quotes from Famous Books



... one thing the children demanded which I found it impossible to do in this present book: they bade me introduce Toto, Dorothy's little black dog, who has many friends among my readers. But you will see, when you begin to read the story, that Toto was in Kansas while Dorothy was in California, and so she had to start on her adventure ...
— Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz • L. Frank Baum.
... looking curiously at the boy—for there was something rather impressive about Laurie's manner—"look here; you'd better see old Cathcart. Know him...? Well, I'll introduce you any time. He'll tell you another tale. Of course, I don't believe all the rot he talks; but, at any rate, he's sensible enough to have given it all up. Says he wouldn't touch it with a pole. And he was rather a big bug at it ...
— The Necromancers • Robert Hugh Benson
... has been indefatigable in its exertions to ameliorate the situation of the Indians, and to introduce among them the arts of civilization and civil and religious knowledge. To protect them from the frauds of the white traders no purchase of land from them by individuals is permitted, nor is any person allowed to receive lands from them as a present without the express sanction of government. ...
— The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. • Washington Irving
... go down an' find out what he wants. Don't bring him in unless you blindfold him first. We don't wanta introduce him to the place so as he can walk right in again ...
— Oh, You Tex! • William Macleod Raine
... half hour which intervened before luncheon was announced, Miss Panney discovered nothing regarding the matter which brought her there. She would ask no questions, for it was Kitty Tolbridge's duty to introduce the subject, and she would give her a chance; but if she did not do it in a reasonable time, Miss Panney would not only ask questions, but ...
— The Girl at Cobhurst • Frank Richard Stockton


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