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Introduce

verb

(past & past part. introduced; pres. part. introducing)

Cause to come to know personally. Synonyms: acquaint, present. "Introduce the new neighbors to the community"

Bring something new to an environment. Synonym: innovate.

Introduce. Synonyms: enclose, inclose, insert, put in, stick in.

Bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment. Synonym: bring in. "The new secretary introduced a nasty rumor"

Bring in or establish in a new place or environment. "Introduce exotic fruits"

Put or introduce into something. Synonyms: enter, infix, insert.

Bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc.. Synonym: bring out.

Put before (a body).

Furnish with a preface or introduction. Synonyms: precede, preface, premise. "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"

10.

Be a precursor of. Synonyms: inaugurate, usher in.

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"Introduce" Quotes from Famous Books

... 1790 and 1792, during the early storms of the French revolution. In Sherrard-street I visited him repeatedly, and took notes of the conversations I had with him on various subjects. These I must have somewhere or other; and I wish I could introduce them here, as they would interest the reader. Occasionally in these conversations, as in his books, he introduced a few notices of his private history: in particular I remember his telling me that in the East Indies he had been a prisoner of Hyder's: that he had escaped with ...

— The Notebook of an English Opium-Eater • Thomas de Quincey

... chained, was the first lion we endeavored to introduce to our family of captives. He raised such a fearful row that we had to remove him some ...

— Tales of lonely trails • Zane Grey

... "greater ease" ought to be allowed for by a diminution in the times of the divided work; but as the proportion of times would remain the same, I do not introduce this unnecessary complexity into ...

— The Crown of Wild Olive • John Ruskin

... dispensation? Not at all: he contemplated the restoration of the eternal city,—a new creation which should succeed destruction; the foundation of a new power which should restore law, preserve literature, subdue the barbarians, introduce a still higher civilization than that which had perished,—not by bringing back the Caesars, but by making himself Caesar; a revived central power which the nations should respect and obey. That which the world needed was this new central power, to settle difficulties, depose tyrants, ...

— Beacon Lights of History, Volume IV • John Lord

... intended to introduce foreign authors whose works are not accessible in English, and in general to keep Americans in touch with the intellectual and spiritual ferment of the continent of Europe. No attempt will be made to give what Americans miscall "the best books," if by this is meant conformity to some high ...

— The New Society • Walther Rathenau

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