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Noun introduction has 7 senses
- introduction - the first section of a communication
--1 is a kind of section, subdivision
--1 is a part of narration, recital, yarn; address, speech
--1 has particulars:
- introduction, debut, first appearance, launching, unveiling, entry - the act of beginning something new; "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line"
--2 is a kind of beginning, start, commencement
--2 has particulars:
- presentation, introduction, intro - formally making a person known to another or to the public
--3 is a kind of informing, making known
--3 has particulars: debut; reintroduction
- introduction - a basic or elementary instructional text
--4 is a kind of textbook, text, text edition, schoolbook, school text
- introduction - a new proposal; "they resisted the introduction of impractical alternatives"
--5 is a kind of proposal
- insertion, introduction, intromission - the act of putting one thing into another
--6 is a kind of movement
--6 has particulars: | | cannulation, canulation, cannulization, cannulisation, canulization, canulisation, intubation; instillation, instillment, instilment; enclosure, enclosing, envelopment, inclosure; injection; transfusion, blood transfusion; perfusion |
- initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration - 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"
--7 is a kind of beginning, start, commencement
--7 has particulars: authorship, paternity
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