introduction

introduction: n

1. acquaintance, acquaintedness, acquaintanceship; knowledge, familiarity, awareness.

2. presentation, announcement, heralding, harbin-gering.

3. foreword, preface, preamble, prelude, prologue, prolegomenon, proem, preliminary, prelim., Gk. pro logos, Inf. intro; opening, lead, commencement, beginning, start; exposition, explanation, explication, opening or introductory remarks or comments.

4. fundamentals, groundwork, rudiments, basics; elementary course, primer, basal text; survey, overview, insight, look, glimpse.

5. insertion, interjection, injection, interposition, interpolation, intercalation; incorporation, interfusion, interspersion, interspersal, interworking; insinuation, infusion, instillment, instillation, implantation, embedment.

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Synonyms:

Introducing, ushering in / Presentation / Preface, prelude, proem, exordium, preliminary part / Introductory treatise, elementary or rudimentary guide

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introduction — [ ɛ̃trɔdyksjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIIIe « enseignement »; lat. introductio I ♦ 1 ♦ (XVIe) Action d introduire, de faire entrer (qqn). L introduction d un visiteur dans un salon d attente. L introduction de qqn dans un groupe, un parti. ⇒ admission, entrée … Encyclopédie Universelle
Introduction — (abbreviated intro) can refer to: *Introduction (music), an opening section of a piece of music. *Introduction (essay), beginning section which states the purpose and goals of the following writing. *Foreword, beginning secton of a book, commonly … Wikipedia
introduction — introduction, prologue, prelude, preface, foreword, exordium, preamble are comparable when denoting something that serves as a preliminary or as an antecedent to an extended treatment, development, discussion, or presentation (as in an exposition … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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introduction — [in΄trəduk′shən] n. [ME introduccion < MFr introduction < L introductio] 1. an introducing or being introduced 2. anything introduced, or brought into use, knowledge, or fashion 3. anything that introduces, or prepares the way for; specif … English World dictionary
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