introduction
noun
[ ˌɪntrəˈdʌkʃ(ə)n ]
• the action of introducing something.
• "issues arising from the introduction of new technology"
Similar:
institution,
establishment,
initiation,
launch,
inauguration,
foundation,
instigation,
start,
commencement,
inception,
development,
origination,
pioneering,
• a formal presentation of one person to another, in which each is told the other's name.
• "he returned to his desk, leaving Michael to make the introductions"
• a thing preliminary to something else, especially an explanatory section at the beginning of a book, report, or speech.
• "your talk will need an introduction which states clearly what you are talking about and why"
Similar:
foreword,
preface,
preamble,
prologue,
prelude,
front matter,
lead-in,
opening,
beginning,
start,
opening statement,
intro,
prelims,
curtain-raiser,
prolegomenon,
proem,
exordium,
prolusion,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin introductio(n- ), from the verb introducere (see introduce).
