Introduction

Noun

 * 1) The act or process of introducing.
 * 2) A means, such as a personal letter, of presenting one person to another.
 * 3) An initial section of a book or article, which introduces the subject material.

Adjectives for Introduction
preliminary; basic; promiscuous; impressive; appreciative; conventional; appropri¬ate; perfunctory;  coveted;  improbable; wearisome; illicit; unblushing; depressing: orchestral; embarrassing; formal; labored,

Verbs for Introduction
contribute to—; crave—; demand—; manoeuvre—; plan—; prefix—; refuse—; survey—; wangle—; —agitates; —comments on; —communicates; —delights; —eulogizes; —explains; —makes known; —prepares; —presents.

Thesaurus
Vorspiel, abecedarium, abecedary, access, acknowledgments, acquaintance, acquaintedness, act, admission, afterpiece, and arithmetic, aside, avant-propos, back, back matter, bastard title, bibliography, bit, breakthrough, catch line, catchword, chaser, close acquaintance, cloture, coinage, colophon, coming out, committee consideration, concert overture, contents, contents page, copyright page, curtain, curtain call, curtain raiser, debate, debut, dedication, deliberation, descant, discovery, divertimento, divertissement, division, dramatic overture, elementary education, elements, embarkation, embarkment, embedment, endleaf, endpaper, endsheet, entrance, entree, entry, epilogue, episode, errata, exode, exodus, exordium, expository scene, filibuster, filibustering, filing, finale, first appearance, first reading, first steps, floating, flotation, flyleaf, folio, fore edge, foreword, front matter, frontispiece, graft, grafting, half-title page, head, hoke act, hornbook, impaction, impactment, implantation, import, importation, importing, imprint, inaugural address, inauguration, income, incoming, index, induction, infiltration, infix, infixion, infusion, ingoing, ingress, ingression, initiation, injection, innovation, inoculation, input, inscription, insert, insertion, insinuation, installation, installment, intake, intercalation, interjection, interlineation, interlocution, interlude, intermezzo, intermission, interpenetration, interpolation, introgression, intromission, intrusion, invention, knockdown, launching, leaf, leakage, leap, logrolling, maiden speech, makeup, neologism, new phase, novelty, number, obiter dictum, opener, operatic overture, overture, page, parenthesis, penetration, percolation, perfusion, postulate, preamble, preface, prefix, prefixture, preliminaries, preliminary, prelude, premise, presentation, presupposition, primer, proem, prolegomena, prolegomenon, prolepsis, prologue, propaedeutic, protasis, reading, reception, recto, remark, reverso, roll call, routine, rudiments, running title, scene, second reading, seepage, shtick, side remark, signature, sketch, skit, song and dance, stand-up comedy act, steamroller methods, striptease, subtitle, table of contents, tabling, tail, talkathon, tessellation, text, third reading, title, title page, tossing-in, trim size, turn, type page, unveiling, vamp, verse, verso, voluntary, vote, writing

Pronunciation




Etymology
From introduction.

Translations

 * Finnish: perehdytys, perehdyttäminen
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: bemutatás,
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian: ,


 * Polish: wprowadzenie, wstęp
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: introducción
 * Swahili:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: bemutatás,
 * Norwegian:
 * Nynorsk: anbefaling
 * Bokmål:


 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: predstavitev
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic: مقدمة
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 序言
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese:, 序論, 序説, , 叙文


 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: wstęp, przedmowa
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: предисловие
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene:
 * Swahili:


 * : పరిచయము (parichayamu)

Noun

 * 1) introduction