Introduce

Pronunciation

Origin

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

Full definition of introduce

Verb

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.
• 2013-10-05, The widening gyre, 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.

Anagrams

• reduction