introduce
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#INTRODUCECategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dewk-#INTRODUCEFrom Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#INTRODUCECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#INTRODUCE introducen, from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#INTRODUCE introduire, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#INTRODUCE intrōdūcō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#INTRODUCE *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”) and *dewk-.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɪntɹəˈdus/, (proscribed) /ˌɪn(t)əɹˈdus/Category:English 3-syllable words#INTRODUCECategory:English 3-syllable words#INTRODUCECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#INTRODUCE
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#INTRODUCEAudio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: in‧tro‧duce
Verb
introduce (third-person singular simple present introduces, present participle introducing, simple past and past participle introduced)Category:English lemmas#INTRODUCECategory:English verbs#INTRODUCECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#INTRODUCECategory:Pages with entries#INTRODUCECategory:Pages with 7 entries#INTRODUCE
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#INTRODUCE, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
- Let me introduce you to my friends.Category:English terms with usage examples#INTRODUCE
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#INTRODUCE
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#INTRODUCE) To make (something or someone) known by formal announcement or recommendation.
- Synonym: give
- The senator plans to introduce the bill in the next session.Category:English terms with usage examples#INTRODUCE
- Let me introduce our guest speaker.Category:English terms with usage examples#INTRODUCE
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#INTRODUCE) To add (something) to a system, a mixture, or a container.
- Various pollutants were introduced into the atmosphere.Category:English terms with usage examples#INTRODUCE
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#INTRODUCE) To bring (something) into practice.
- Wheeled transport was introduced long ago.Category:English terms with usage examples#INTRODUCE
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#INTRODUCE
Conjugation
Synonyms
- (make something or someone known): announce
Derived terms
Translations
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Anagrams
Galician
Verb
introduceCategory:Galician non-lemma forms#INTRODUCECategory:Galician verb forms#INTRODUCECategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#INTRODUCECategory:Pages with entries#INTRODUCECategory:Pages with 7 entries#INTRODUCE
- inflection of introducir:
Interlingua
Verb
introduceCategory:Interlingua non-lemma forms#INTRODUCECategory:Interlingua verb forms#INTRODUCECategory:Interlingua entries with incorrect language header#INTRODUCECategory:Pages with entries#INTRODUCECategory:Pages with 7 entries#INTRODUCE
Italian
Verb
introduceCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#INTRODUCECategory:Italian verb forms#INTRODUCECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#INTRODUCECategory:Pages with entries#INTRODUCECategory:Pages with 7 entries#INTRODUCE
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
intrōdūceCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#INTRODUCECategory:Latin verb forms#INTRODUCECategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#INTRODUCECategory:Pages with entries#INTRODUCECategory:Pages with 7 entries#INTRODUCE
Romanian
Alternative forms
- интродуче (introduce) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from Latin#INTRODUCECategory:Romanian terms derived from Latin#INTRODUCE introducere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.troˈdu.t͡ʃe/Category:Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation#INTRODUCE
- Rhymes: -ut͡ʃeCategory:Rhymes:Romanian/ut͡ʃe#INTRODUCECategory:Rhymes:Romanian/ut͡ʃe/4 syllables#INTRODUCE
- Hyphenation: in‧tro‧du‧ce
Verb
a introduce (third-person singular present introduce, past participle introdus, third-person subjunctive introducă)Category:Romanian lemmas#INTRODUCECategory:Romanian verbs#INTRODUCECategory:Romanian verbs in 3rd conjugation#INTRODUCECategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#INTRODUCECategory:Pages with entries#INTRODUCECategory:Pages with 7 entries#INTRODUCE 3rd conjugation
- (transitiveCategory:Romanian transitive verbs#INTRODUCE) to insert
- (transitiveCategory:Romanian transitive verbs#INTRODUCE) to establish, enact (to appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.)
Conjugation
| 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 | |||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “introduce”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
Spanish
Verb
introduceCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#INTRODUCECategory:Spanish verb forms#INTRODUCECategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#INTRODUCECategory:Pages with entries#INTRODUCECategory:Pages with 7 entries#INTRODUCE
- inflection of introducir: