Definition of introduction

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in·tro·duc·tion    (ntr-dkshn) KEY 

NOUN:

1. The act or process of introducing or the state of being introduced.
2. A means, such as a personal letter, of presenting one person to another.
3. Something recently introduced; an innovation: "He loathed a fork; it is a modern introduction which has still scarcely reached common people" (D.H. Lawrence).
4. Something spoken, written, or otherwise presented in beginning or introducing something, especially:
   1. A preface, as to a book.
   2. Music A short preliminary passage in a larger movement or work.
   3. A basic introductory text or course of study.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English introduccioun, from Old French introduction, from Latin intrducti, intrductin-, from intrductus, past participle of intrdcere, to bring in ; see introduce