[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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