introduce
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English introducen, from Old French introduire, from Latin intrōdūcō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”) and *dewk-.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɪntɹəˈdus/, (proscribed) /ˌɪntəɹˈdus/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɪntɹəˈdjuːs/
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: in‧tro‧duce
Verb
[edit]introduce (third-person singular simple present introduces, present participle introducing, simple past and past participle introduced)
- (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.
- (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.
- (transitive) To add (something) to a system, a mixture, or a container.
- Various pollutants were introduced into the atmosphere.
- (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
[edit]Conjugation of introduce
| infinitive | (to) introduce | ||
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| 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 | |
Synonyms
[edit]- (make something or someone known): announce
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to cause someone to be acquainted
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to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation
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to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container
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to bring into practice — see also bring in
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Anagrams
[edit]Galician
[edit]Verb
[edit]introduce
- inflection of introducir:
Interlingua
[edit]Verb
[edit]introduce
Italian
[edit]Verb
[edit]introduce
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]intrōdūce
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin introducere.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]a introduce (third-person singular present introduce, past participle introdus) 3rd conjugation
- (transitive) to insert
- (transitive) to establish, enact (to appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.)
Conjugation
[edit] conjugation of introduce (third conjugation, past participle in -s)
| infinitive | a introduce | ||||||
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| 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 | |||||
Further reading
[edit]- introduce in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]introduce
- inflection of introducir:
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