introduce
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English introducen, from Old French introduire, from Latin intrōdūcō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”) and *dewk-.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɪntɹəˈdus/, (proscribed) /ˌɪntəɹˈdus/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɪntɹəˈdjuːs/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: in‧tro‧duce
Verb
introduce (third-person singular simple present introduces, present participle introducing, simple past and past participle introduced)
- (transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
- Let me introduce you to my friends.
- 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 96:
- His unruly hair was slicked down with water, and as Jessamy introduced him to Miss Brindle his face assumed a cherubic innocence which would immediately have aroused the suspicions of anyone who knew him.
- (transitive) To make (something or someone) known by formal announcement or recommendation.
- The senator plans to introduce the bill in the next session.
- Let me introduce our guest speaker.
- (transitive) To add (something) to a system, a mixture, or a container.
- Various pollutants were introduced into the atmosphere.
- (transitive) To bring (something) into practice.
- Wheeled transport was introduced long ago.
- 2013 October 5, “The widening gyre”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8856:
- First introduced in Letchworth Garden City in 1909, the roundabout […] proved so popular in Britain that in the 1960s the Transport Research Laboratory developed a miniature version.
Conjugation
Conjugation of introduce
infinitive | (to) introduce | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | introduce | introduced | |
2nd-person singular | introduce, introducest† | introduced, introducedst† | |
3rd-person singular | introduces, introduceth† | introduced | |
plural | introduce | ||
subjunctive | introduce | introduced | |
imperative | introduce | — | |
participles | introducing | introduced |
†Archaic or obsolete.
Synonyms
- (make something or someone known): announce
Derived terms
Translations
to cause someone to be acquainted
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to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation
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to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container
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to bring into practice — see also bring in
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Anagrams
Galician
Verb
introduce
- inflection of introducir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Interlingua
Latin
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin introducere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [in.troˈdu.t͡ʃe]
Conjugation
conjugation of introduce (third conjugation, past participle in -s)
infinitive | a introduce | ||||||
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gerund | introducând | ||||||
past participle | introdus | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | introduc | introduci | introduce | introducem | introduceți | introduc | |
imperfect | introduceam | introduceai | introducea | introduceam | introduceați | introduceau | |
simple perfect | introdusei | introduseși | introduse | introduserăm | introduserăți | introduseră | |
pluperfect | introdusesem | introduseseși | introdusese | introduseserăm | introduseserăți | introduseseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să introduc | să introduci | să introducă | să introducem | să introduceți | să introducă | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | introdu | introduceți | |||||
negative | nu introduce | nu introduceți |
Further reading
- introduce in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Spanish
Verb
introduce
- inflection of introducir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
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