introduction

something new; something that begins

Synonyms: addition, admittance, awakening, baptism, basic principles, basic text, beginning, commencement, debut, essentials, establishment, exordium, first acquaintance, first taste, foreword, inauguration, inception, induction, influx, ingress, initiation, insertion, installation, institution, interpolation, intro, launch, lead, lead-in, opening, opening remarks, overture, pioneering, preamble, preface, preliminaries, prelude, presentation, primer, proem, prolegomenon, prologue, survey

Antonyms: conclusion, end, ending, finish

the introduction of guests to one another

a letter of introduction

We need no introduction because we are cousins.

The book's introduction is too long.

an introduction to modern American poetry

the introduction of tonight's program

The introduction of computers into foreign markets was not easy.

the introduction of a new product on T.V.

the introduction of African plants into America

the introduction of modern medicine into Iran

the introduction of corrupt politicians into the government

the introduction of new manufacturing processes

the introduction of a bill into Congress

the introduction of a wire into the vein

the introduction of rude remarks into his speech