[QUOTE] [B][SIZE=4]"introduction"[/SIZE][/B] [B]noun[/B] [LIST=1] [*]the first section of a communication [*]the act of beginning something new; "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/debut]debut[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/first appearance]first appearance[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/launching]launching[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/unveiling]unveiling[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/entry]entry[/URL]] [*]formally making a person known to another or to the public [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/presentation]presentation[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/intro]intro[/URL]] [*]a basic or elementary instructional text [*]a new proposal; "they resisted the introduction of impractical alternatives" [*]the act of putting one thing into another [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/insertion]insertion[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/intromission]intromission[/URL]] [*]the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"; "he regards the fork as a modern introduction" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/initiation]initiation[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/founding]founding[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/foundation]foundation[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/institution]institution[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/origination]origination[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/creation]creation[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/innovation]innovation[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/instauration]instauration[/URL]] [/LIST] Source: [URL=http://www.word.sc/introduction]http://www.word.sc/introduction[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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