introduce

tr.v., -duced, -duc·ing, -duc·es.

1. 1. To present (someone) by name to another in order to establish an acquaintance.
   2. To present (a performer, for example) to the public for the first time.
2. To bring forward (a plan, for example) for consideration.
3. To provide (someone) with a beginning knowledge or first experience of something: introduced me to weightlifting.
4. 1. To bring in and establish in a new place or environment: exotic plants that had been introduced from the jungle.
   2. To bring into currency, use, or practice; originate: introduced the new product in several test markets; introduced the tango into their circle of friends.
5. To put inside or into; insert or inject.
6. To open or begin; preface: introduced the slide show with an orienting talk.

[Middle English introducen, to bring into, from Latin intrōdūcere : intrō-, within + dūcere, to lead.]

introducer in'tro·duc'er n.
introducible in'tro·duc'i·ble adj.

SYNONYMS   introduce, insert, interject, interpolate, interpose. These verbs mean to put or set a person or thing into, between, or among others: introduce suspense into a novel; insert a letter into an envelope; interject a comment into a conversation; interpolated a transitional passage into the text; interposed himself between the scrapping boys. See also synonyms at broach¹.

verb

1. To make known socially: acquaint, present². See knowledge/ignorance.
2. To make known the presence or arrival of: announce, herald, proclaim, usher in. See knowledge/ignorance, start/end.
3. To put forward (a topic) for discussion: bring up, broach, moot, put forth, raise. See start/end.
4. To bring into currency, use, fashion, or practice: launch, originate. See start/end.
5. To put or set into, between, or among another or other things: inject, insert, interject, interlard, interpolate, interpose. See put in/take out.
6. To begin (something) with preliminary or prefatory material: lead, precede, preface, usher in. See start/end, words.

v

Definition: add, insert
Antonyms: erase, extract, remove, subtract, take away

v

Definition: begin, institute
Antonyms: close, end, finish

v

Definition: make known; present
Antonyms: close, end, finish, take away

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A heavy metal fist-sized instrument to which a wire saw can be attached to be introduced into the uterus of a cow or mare and dropped over the part to be sawed. The weight and shape of the introducer ensure that it is easily found and pulled out with the wire attached, so that the fetotome can then be threaded.

IN BRIEF: To make known or acquainted.

Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature. — Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983) US writer, philosopher, longshoreman.

Common misspelling(s) of introduce

• inctroduce

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - introducere, indlede, præsentere, forestille, forelægge, meddele, indføre, lancere

Nederlands (Dutch)
introduceren, presenteren, invoeren, indienen, inleiden, ter tafel brengen

Français (French)
v. tr. - présenter, introduire (dans), lancer, mettre (qch) en place, aborder (un sujet), présenter (une loi, une proposition), (TV, Radio) présenter (un programme)

Deutsch (German)
v. - einführen, vorstellen, einleiten, einbringen, einschleppen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εισάγω (κν. μπάζω, χώνω), (πρωτο)παρουσιάζω, συνιστώ, συστήνω, κάνω τις συστάσεις, μπάζω, πρωτοπαρουσιάζω, πρωτοκαθιερώνω

Italiano (Italian)
introdurre, presentare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - introduzir, apresentar

Русский (Russian)
вводить, ввозить, представлять, преступать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - introducir, lanzar, presentar, iniciar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - introducera, lansera, föra in, inleda, presentera, göra bekant

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
介绍, 引进, 传入

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 介紹, 引進, 傳入

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 안으로 들이다, 끼워넣다, 소개하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 紹介する, 取り入れる, 持ち込む, 提出する, 手ほどきする, 入れる, 案内する, 伝える

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعرف, يقدم شخصا, يضع مقدمه لبحث الخ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הציג, הנהיג, התחיל, הביא לראשונה, הכניס, פתח ב-‬

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