Definition

1. Verb:
   • To present someone to another person for the first time: To make people known to each other by name, often in a social or formal context.
   • To bring something into use, operation, or a place for the first time: To establish or initiate something new, such as a product, system, idea, or species.
   • To insert or put something into something else: To place or add one thing into another.
   • To present something for consideration: To formally bring a topic, bill, or piece of legislation before a group or assembly.
   • To preface or begin something: To open or start a speech, book, or event with preliminary remarks or an initial section.

Usage Examples

• To present someone:
  • Allow me to introduce my colleague, Dr. Smith.
  • She introduced her boyfriend to her parents last weekend.
• To bring something into use:
  • The company plans to introduce a new smartphone model next month.
  • The government introduced a new tax policy.
• To insert something:
  • A small error was introduced into the data set.
  • The author introduces a new character in the third chapter.
• To present for consideration:
  • The senator will introduce the bill in Congress tomorrow.
• To preface or begin:
  • He introduced his talk with a funny anecdote.

Advanced Usage

• "to introduce oneself": To tell people your own name when you meet them for the first time.
  • At the start of the meeting, everyone was asked to introduce themselves.
• "to introduce an element of [something]": To add a particular quality or factor to a situation.
  • The sudden rain introduced an element of chaos to the outdoor event.

Variants and Related Words

• Introduction (n): The action of introducing or the opening section of a speech, book, etc.
  • The book's introduction provides helpful context.
• Introductory (adj): Serving as an introduction; preliminary.
  • The professor gave an introductory lecture on biology.

Synonyms

• Present: To formally introduce someone.
• Inaugurate: To formally introduce or begin a system, policy, or period.
• Insert: To put or place something into something else.
• Propose: To put forward an idea or plan for consideration.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Introduce to: To make someone familiar with something new.
  • My parents introduced me to classical music when I was young.

Related Idioms

• "Introduce a note of [something]": To add a particular feeling or quality to a conversation or situation.
  • His criticism introduced a note of tension into the discussion.

Verb

1. be a precursor of
   • The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period
2. furnish with a preface or introduction
   • She always precedes her lectures with a joke
   • He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution
3. put before (a body)
   • introduce legislation
4. bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc.
5. put or introduce into something
   • insert a picture into the text
6. bring in or establish in a new place or environment
   • introduce a rule
   • introduce exotic fruits
7. bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment
   • He brought in a new judge
   • The new secretary introduced a nasty rumor
8. introduce
   • Insert your ticket here
9. bring something new to an environment
   • A new word processor was introduced
10. cause to come to know personally
    • permit me to acquaint you with my son
    • introduce the new neighbors to the community