introduce
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Definition of introduce
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
“Let me introduce you to my friends.”
“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.”
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verb
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(transitive)To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
“Let me introduce you to my friends.”
“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.”
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(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.”
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(transitive)To add (something) to a system, a mixture, or a container.
“Various pollutants were introduced into the atmosphere.”
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(transitive)To bring (something) into practice.
“Wheeled transport was introduced long ago.”
“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.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English introducen, from Old French introduire, from Latin intrōdūcō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”) and *dewk-.
Words you can make from introduce
200+ playable · top: REDUCTION (12 pts)
Best play reduction 12 points8-letter words
11 words7-letter words
27 words- CONDUIT 10 pts
- CORDITE 10 pts
- COUNTED 10 pts
- COURTED 10 pts
- CRUNODE 10 pts
- CTENOID 10 pts
- DEONTIC 10 pts
- EDUCTOR 10 pts
- INDUCER 10 pts
- NOCTUID 10 pts
- NOTICED 10 pts
- COENURI 9 pts
- COINTER 9 pts
- CORNUTE 9 pts
- COUNTER 9 pts
- NOTICER 9 pts
- RECOUNT 9 pts
- RUCTION 9 pts
- TROUNCE 9 pts
- DOURINE 8 pts
- INTRUDE 8 pts
- NEUROID 8 pts
- OUTRIDE 8 pts
- TURDINE 8 pts
- UNTIRED 8 pts
- UNTRIED 8 pts
- ROUTINE 7 pts
6-letter words
65 words- CINDER 9 pts
- CODEIN 9 pts
- COEDIT 9 pts
- COINED 9 pts
- CORNED 9 pts
- CREDIT 9 pts
- DIRECT 9 pts
- DOCENT 9 pts
- DOUCER 9 pts
- INDUCE 9 pts
- INDUCT 9 pts
- NORDIC 9 pts
- TRICED 9 pts
- TRUCED 9 pts
- UNICED 9 pts
- CITRON 8 pts
- COINER 8 pts
- CONURE 8 pts
- CORNET 8 pts
- CORTIN 8 pts
- COUTER 8 pts
- CRETIN 8 pts
- CROUTE 8 pts
- CURITE 8 pts
- EROTIC 8 pts
- NOETIC 8 pts
- NOTICE 8 pts
- ORCEIN 8 pts
- OUNCER 8 pts
- RECOIN 8 pts
- RETCON 8 pts
- URETIC 8 pts
- DETOUR 7 pts
- DINERO 7 pts
- DIURON 7 pts
- DOTIER 7 pts
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- DURION 7 pts
- EDITOR 7 pts
- ENDURO 7 pts
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- TURNED 7 pts
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- UNITED 7 pts
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- NORITE 6 pts
- ORIENT 6 pts
- TENOUR 6 pts
- TONIER 6 pts
- TRIUNE 6 pts
- TURION 6 pts
- UNITER 6 pts
5-letter words
96 words- CIDER 8 pts
- CITED 8 pts
- CODEN 8 pts
- CODER 8 pts
- CONED 8 pts
- CORED 8 pts
- COTED 8 pts
- COUDE 8 pts
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- CURED 8 pts
- DECOR 8 pts
- DICER 8 pts
- DICOT 8 pts
- DOUCE 8 pts
- DUNCE 8 pts
- DUROC 8 pts
- EDICT 8 pts
- EDUCT 8 pts
- RICED 8 pts
- CENTO 7 pts
- CENTU 7 pts
- CITER 7 pts
- CONTE 7 pts
- CORNU 7 pts
- COUNT 7 pts
- COURT 7 pts
- CRONE 7 pts
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- CUNIT 7 pts
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- OUNCE 7 pts
- RECIT 7 pts
- RECON 7 pts
- RECTI 7 pts
- RECTO 7 pts
- RECUT 7 pts
- RUNIC 7 pts
- TONIC 7 pts
- TORIC 7 pts
- TRICE 7 pts
- DINER 6 pts
- DONUT 6 pts
- DOTER 6 pts
- DROIT 6 pts
- DRONE 6 pts
- IDENT 6 pts
- INDUE 6 pts
- NOTED 6 pts
- NUDER 6 pts
- NUDIE 6 pts
- OUTED 6 pts
- REDON 6 pts
- RONDE 6 pts
- ROUND 6 pts
- TEIND 6 pts
- TENDU 6 pts
- TINED 6 pts
- TIRED 6 pts
- TONDI 6 pts
- TONED 6 pts
- TREND 6 pts
- TRIED 6 pts
- TRODE 6 pts
- INERT 5 pts
- INTER 5 pts
- INTRO 5 pts
- INURE 5 pts
- IRONE 5 pts
- NITER 5 pts
- NITRE 5 pts
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- NOTER 5 pts
- OURIE 5 pts
- OUTER 5 pts
- OUTIE 5 pts
- OUTRE 5 pts
- ROUEN 5 pts
- ROUTE 5 pts
- RUTIN 5 pts
- TENOR 5 pts
- TONER 5 pts
- TRINE 5 pts
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