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INTRODUCE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing

Example:

Insert your ticket here

Synonyms:

enclose; inclose; insert; introduce; put in; stick in

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "introduce" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "introduce"):

inject; shoot (force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing)

foist (insert surreptitiously or without warrant)

slip (insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly)

feed; feed in (introduce continuously)

interlard; intersperse (introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions)

cup (put into a cup)

catheterise; catheterize (insert a catheter into (a body part))

glass (put in a glass container)

inset (set or place in)

inoculate (introduce a microorganism into)

plug (replace the center of a coin with a baser metal)

plug (insert a plug into)

plug (insert as a plug)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

introduction (the act of putting one thing into another)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be a precursor of

Example:

The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period

Synonyms:

inaugurate; introduce; usher in

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "introduce" is one way to...):

begin; commence; lead off; start (set in motion, cause to start)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Put before (a body)

Example:

introduce legislation

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "introduce" is one way to...):

project; propose (present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Cause to come to know personally

Example:

introduce the new neighbors to the community

Synonyms:

acquaint; introduce; present

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "introduce" is one way to...):

inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to)

Verb group:

acquaint; familiarise; familiarize (make familiar or conversant with)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "introduce"):

re-introduce; reintroduce (introduce anew)

present (formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc.)

bring out; introduce (bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc.)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE

Derivation:

introduction (formally making a person known to another or to the public)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Furnish with a preface or introduction

Example:

He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution

Synonyms:

introduce; precede; preface; premise

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "introduce" is one way to...):

say; state; tell (express in words)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "introduce"):

prologise; prologize; prologuize (write or speak a prologue)

preamble (make a preliminary introduction, usually to a formal document)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

introductory (serving as an introduction or preface)

introductory (serving to open or begin)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc.

Synonyms:

bring out; introduce

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "introduce" is one way to...):

acquaint; introduce; present (cause to come to know personally)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 7

Meaning:

Put or introduce into something

Example:

insert a picture into the text

Synonyms:

enter; infix; insert; introduce

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "introduce" is one way to...):

attach (cause to be attached)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "introduce"):

connect; plug in; plug into (plug into an outlet)

penetrate (insert the penis into the vagina or anus of)

cannulate; cannulise; cannulize; canulate; intubate (introduce a cannula or tube into)

input (enter (data or a program) into a computer)

instil; instill (enter drop by drop)

embed; engraft; imbed; implant; plant (fix or set securely or deeply)

sandwich (insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects)

graft; transplant (place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

introduction (the act of putting one thing into another)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Bring in or establish in a new place or environment

Example:

introduce exotic fruits

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "introduce" is one way to...):

establish; give (bring about)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "introduce"):

interpose (introduce)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 9

Meaning:

Bring something new to an environment

Example:

A new word processor was introduced

Synonyms:

innovate; introduce

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "introduce" is one way to...):

initiate; pioneer (take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "introduce"):

phase in (introduce gradually)

open up; pioneer (open up an area or prepare a way)

debut (present for the first time to the public)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 10

Meaning:

Bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment

Example:

The new secretary introduced a nasty rumor

Synonyms:

bring in; introduce

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "introduce"):

immigrate (introduce or send as immigrants)

track (carry on the feet and deposit)

insinuate (introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Credits

 Context examples: 

“I have not introduced you yet,” said Holmes.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A coded value specifying the physiological path or method of introducing the substance into or onto the subject.

(Defined Substance Administration Route Of Administration Code, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers developed a synthetic version of the gene and through slow and complicated measures eventually introduce it to the pothos ivy so that every cell in the plant expressed the protein.

(Common Houseplant with Genetic Modification Can Remove Polluted Air, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

No; but I can scarcely see what Mr. Rochester has to do with the theme you had introduced.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

When a hybrid between the two species was introduced, the male would most commonly show a preference for a mate with similar markings to itself.

(Butterflies are genetically wired to choose a mate that looks just like them, University of Cambridge)

We introduce the catalyst into tiny vesicles or exosomes the size of about 100 nanometres, which are capable of traveling right inside the tumorous cell.

(Scientists successfully deliver “Trojan horse” catalysts into cancerous tumour cells to destroy them from within, Universities of Granada)

After laboratory culture, the researchers introduced Zika virus into this tissue, which has mature neurons.

(Zika virus found to harm adults’ memory and motor system, Agência Brasil/EBC)

Jo skipped up, and sitting on the top step, affected to be searching for her book, but was really wondering how best to introduce the dangerous object of her visit.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

"No," said she, "I am Gladys Potts. Let me introduce you to my husband."

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“But you forget, mamma,” said Elizabeth, “that we shall meet him at the assemblies, and that Mrs. Long promised to introduce him.”

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)