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introduce

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English introducen, from Old French introduire, from Latin intrōdūcō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”) and *dewk-.

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introduce (third-person singular simple present introduces, present participle introducing, simple past and past participle introduced)

  1. (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.
  2. (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.
  3. (transitive) To add (something) to a system, a mixture, or a container.
    Various pollutants were introduced into the atmosphere.
  4. (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

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Conjugation of introduce
infinitive (to) introduce
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

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  • (make something or someone known): announce

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Galician

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Verb

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introduce

  1. inflection of introducir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Interlingua

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introduce

  1. present of introducer
  2. imperative of introducer

Italian

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introduce

  1. third-person singular present indicative of introdurre

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Latin

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intrōdūce

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of intrōdūcō

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin introducere.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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a introduce (third-person singular present introduce, past participle introdus) 3rd conj.

  1. (transitive) to insert
  2. (transitive) to establish, enact (to appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.)

Conjugation

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    conjugation of introduce (third conjugation, past participle in -s)
infinitive a introduce
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

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Spanish

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Verb

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introduce

  1. inflection of introducir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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