introduction (n.)

  1. the act of beginning something new; they looked forward to the debut of their new product line

    [ Syn: debut , first appearance , launching , unveiling , entry ]

  2. the first section of a communication

  3. formally making a person known to another or to the public

    [ Syn: presentation , intro ]

  4. a basic or elementary instructional text

  5. a new proposal; they resisted the introduction of impractical alternatives'

  6. the act of putting one thing into another

    [ Syn: insertion , intromission ]

  7. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; she looked forward to her initiation as an adult; the foundation of a new scientific society

    [ Syn: initiation , founding , foundation , institution , origination , creation , innovation , instauration ]

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