introduce

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

introduce (third-person singular simple present introduces, present participle introducing, simple past and past participle introduced)

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.

Translations

to cause someone to be acquainted

American Sign Language: BentB@FromTipFinger-BackFingerDown-BentB@InsideTrunkhigh-BackFingerDown BentB@TipFinger-BackFingerDown-BentB@CenterTrunkhigh-BackFingerDown Arabic: قدم (ar) (qaddama) Chinese: Mandarin: 介紹 (cmn), 介绍 (cmn) (jièshào) Min Nan: 介紹 (kài-siāu) Finnish: esitellä (fi) French: introduire (fr) German: vorstellen (de), bekannt machen (de)

Hindi: परिचय (hi) (paricay) Hungarian: bemutat (hu) Japanese: 紹介する (ja) (しょうかいする, shōkai-suru) Korean: 소개하다 (ko) (sogae-hada) Russian: представлять (ru) (predstavlját') impf., представить (ru) (predstávit') pf., знакомить (ru) (znakómit') impf., познакомить (ru) (poznakómit') pf. Spanish: presentar (es) Thai: แนะนำ (th) (náe-nam) Vietnamese: giới thiệu (vi) (介紹 (vi))

to and make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation

Czech: představit (cs) Dutch: voorstellen (nl) Finnish: esitellä (fi) French: présenter (fr)

German: vorstellen (de) Greek: συστήνω (el) (systíno) Russian: представлять (ru) (predstavlját') impf., представить (ru) (predstávit') pf. Spanish: presentar (es)

to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container

Finnish: lisätä (fi)

Hungarian: ereszt (hu), juttat (hu), enged (hu)

to bring into practice

Czech: zavést (cs) Dutch: introduceren (nl) Finnish: ottaa käyttöön German: einführen (de)

Hungarian: bevezet (hu) Luxembourgish: aféieren (lb) Portuguese: introduzir (pt) Spanish: introducir (es)

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Interlingua: introducer

Anagrams

• reduction

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Interlingua

Verb

introduce

1. present of introducer
2. imperative of introducer

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Italian

Verb form

introduce

1. third-person singular indicative present of introdurre

Anagrams

• decurtino

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Latin

Verb

intrōdūce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of intrōdūcō

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Romanian

Etymology

Latin introducere

Pronunciation

• IPA: [in.troˈdu.ʧe]

Verb

a introduce 3rd conj.

1. (transitive) to introduce

Conjugation

introduce (third conjugation)

infinitive			a introduce
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

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Spanish

Verb

introduce (infinitive introducir)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of introducir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of introducir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of introducir.