Thesaurus: introduction

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1. n. The act of introducing, or bringing to notice.
2. n. The act of formally making persons known to each other; a presentation or making known of one person to another by name; as, the introduction of one stranger to another.
3. n. That part of a book or discourse which introduces or leads the way to the main subject, or part; preliminary; matter; preface; proem; exordium.
4. n. A formal and elaborate preliminary treatise; specifically, a treatise introductory to other treatises, or to a course of study; a guide; as, an introduction to English literature.
5. n. the act of beginning something new
6. n. the first section of a communication
7. n. formally making a person known to another or to the public
8. n. a basic or elementary instructional text
9. n. a new proposal
10. n. the act of putting one thing into another
11. n. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
12. 1. The act of introducing, or bringing to notice. 2. The act of formally making persons known to each other; a presentation or making known of one person to another by name; as, the introduction of one stranger to another. 3. That part of a book or discourse which introduces or leads the way to the main subject, or part; preliminary; matter; preface; proem; exordium. 4. A formal and elaborate preliminary treatise; specifically, a treatise introductory to other treatises, or to a course of study; a guide; as, an introduction to English literature.