Introduction Book ˌɪntrəˈdʌkʃn Extra Examples I Excellent Noun

• a book with an excellent introduction and notes
• can you write a brief introduction to the text?
• the english edition has an introduction by herbert read.
• his mother is mentioned in the introduction.

introduction

1. the first part of a book or speech that gives a general idea of what is to follow
• COMPARE preface
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• a book with an excellent introduction and notes
• Can you write a brief introduction to the text?
• The English edition has an introduction by Herbert Read.
• His mother is mentioned in the introduction.
• By way of introduction, let me give you the background to the story.

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• She wrote the introduction to his collected letters.
• Her book features an introduction by French actress Catherine Deneuve.
• Let's skip the introduction and get straight down to the facts.
2. the act of making one person formally known to another or a group of others, in which you tell them the person's name
• Introductions were made and the conversation started to flow.
• Our speaker today needs no introduction (= is already well known).
• I was hoping to get an introduction to his good-looking colleague.
• a letter of introduction (= a letter which tells somebody who you are, written by somebody who knows both you and the person reading the letter)

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• I can never remember names, so I don't like to make the introductions.
• I never gave you a proper introduction to my friends.
3. the act of bringing something into use or existence for the first time, or of bringing something to a place for the first time
• the introduction of new manufacturing methods
• the introduction of compulsory military service
• the 1 000th anniversary of the introduction of Christianity to Russia
• We can now begin commercial introduction of the product into the United States.

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• the gradual introduction of modern farming methods into traditional societies
• the accidental introduction of species into new environments
• More liberal policies have facilitated the introduction of new technologies.
• That year, IBM announced the introduction of its first personal computer.
• The testing process delayed the introduction of the drug by at least a year.
• The bug illustrated the need for new mobile phone features to be thoroughly tested and debugged before introduction.
4. a thing that is brought into use or introduced to a place for the first time
• The book lists plants suitable for the British flower garden, among them many new introductions.
5. a person’s first experience of something
• This album was my first introduction to modern jazz.
6. a book or course for people beginning to study a subject
• ‘Global Politics: An Introduction’
• It's a useful introduction to an extremely complex subject.
• ‘An Introduction to Astronomy’
• The course provides a brief introduction to philosophy.

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• He has written the best available introduction to Stravinsky's music.
• If you are looking for a general introduction, this volume will be sufficient.
• It serves as an excellent introduction to 19th-century painting.
• This collection provides a comprehensive introduction to his ideas.
• Together, these two books offer the best possible introduction to the sport.
7. a short section at the beginning of a piece of music
• an eight-bar introduction
• After a lengthy musical introduction, the dancers finally appear.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Latin introductio(n-), from the verb introducere, from intro- ‘to the inside’ + ducere ‘to lead’.