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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1425|origins=la introduco}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˌɪn.trəˈdʒuːs/, /ˌɪn.trəˈdjuːs/, US /ˌɪn.trəˈduːs/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English introducen, [[bor|la|intrōdūcere|t=to lead in, bring in]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) possibly as a back-formation from [[introduction]], which is from about 1395.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) The Latin verb is from [[m|la|intrō-|t=inward]] and [[m|la|dūcere|t=to lead]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from PIE [[ine-pro|*deuk-|t=to lead]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To bring into being, or to convey into something: probably before 1425.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) The OED's first sense, to initiate or instruct a person, is from 1475, which MWU also gives.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ To bring a person into a society is from 1532.^(OED 1989) To bring a subject forward or to notice is from 1559,^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988) to bring into use or practice from 1603,^(OED 1989) and to make one person known to another from 1659 in Barnhart, the 1650s in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) To put or insert something in is from 1695.^(OED 1989) To present a bill to a legislature and to bring someone to a first experience of something are later uses.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1425 – to bring into being.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1532 – to bring a person into a society.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1559 – to bring to notice.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1603 – to bring into use.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1659 – to make acquainted.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1695 – to insert.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To present one person to another by name.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To bring something into use or [[practice]] for the first time.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To put forward for consideration, such as a [[bill]] in a [[legislature]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To give someone a first experience of something: ''introduced him to jazz''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To begin or preface: ''to introduce a talk''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To put in or [[insert]].^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[introducer]]

+ * [[introducible]]

+ * [[reintroduce]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[introduction]]

+ * [[duct]]

+ * [[duke]]

+ * [[produce]]

+ * [[reduce]]

+ * [[induce]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The AHD groups introduce with insert, interject, interpolate and interpose as verbs for putting someone or something among others; introduce is the most general.^(AHD)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}