introduce

Definitions of introduce in various dictionaries:

verb - cause to come to know personally

verb - bring something new to an environment

verb - introduce

verb - bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment

verb - bring in or establish in a new place or environment

verb - put or introduce into something

verb - bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc.

verb - put before (a body)

verb - furnish with a preface or introduction

verb - be a precursor of

To present (someone) by name to another in order to establish an acquaintance.

To present (a performer, for example) to the public for the first time.

To bring forward (a plan, for example) for consideration.

To provide (someone) with a beginning knowledge or first experience of something: introduced me to weightlifting.

To bring in and establish in a new place or environment: exotic plants that had been introduced from the jungle.

To bring into currency, use, or practice; originate: introduced the new product in several test markets; introduced the tango into their circle of friends.

To put inside or into; insert or inject.

The central meaning shared by these verb s is “to put or set a person or thing into, between, or among others”: introduce suspense into a novel; insert a letter into an envelope; interject a comment into a conversation; interlarded her thesis with Latin expressions; interpolated a transitional passage into the text; interposed himself between the scrapping boys.