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Webster 1913 Edition

Introduce

Inˊtro-duce′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Introduced
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Introducing
.]
[L.
introducere
,
introductum
;
intro
within +
ducere
to lead. See
Intro-
, and
Duke
.]
1.
To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in;
as, to
introduce
a person into a drawing-room
.
2.
To put (something into a place); to insert;
as, to
introduce
the finger, or a probe
.
3.
To lead to and make known by formal announcement or recommendation; hence, to cause to be acquainted;
as, to
introduce
strangers; to
introduce
one person to another.
4.
To bring into notice, practice, cultivation, or use;
as, to
introduce
a new fashion, method, or plant
.
5.
To produce; to cause to exist; to induce.
[Obs.]
Whosoever
introduces
habits in children, deserves the care and attention of their governors.
Locke.
Syn. – To bring in; usher in; insert; begin; preface.

Webster 1828 Edition

Introduce

INTRODU'CE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. introduco; intro, within, and duco, to lead.]
1.
To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher into a place; as, to introduce a person into a drawing room.
2.
To conduct and make known; to bring to be acquainted; as, to introduce a stranger to a person; to introduce a foreign minister to a prince.
3.
To bring something new into notice or practice; as, to introduce a new fashion, or a new remedy for a disease; to introduce an improved mode of tillage.
4.
To bring in; to import; as, to introduce foreign goods.
5.
To produce; to cause to exist; as, to introduce habits into children.
6.
To begin; to open to notice, He introduced the subject with a long preface.
7.
To bring before the public by writing or discourse; as, to introduce one's self to notice or to the public.

Definition 2024

introduce

introduce

English

Verb

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.‎
  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.

Translations

Anagrams

Interlingua

Verb

introduce

  1. present of introducer
  2. imperative of introducer

Italian

Verb

introduce

  1. third-person singular indicative present of introdurre

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

intrōdūce

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of intrōdūcō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin introducere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [in.troˈdu.t͡ʃe]

Verb

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

Spanish

Verb

introduce

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of introducir.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of introducir.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of introducir.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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