INTRODUCTION


Meaning of INTRODUCTION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪntrədʌkʃ(ə)n ]

( introductions)

1.

The introduction to a book or talk is the part that comes at the beginning and tells you what the rest of the book or talk is about.

Ellen Malos, in her introduction to ‘The Politics of Housework’, provides a summary of the debates.

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2.

If you refer to a book as an introduction to a particular subject, you mean that it explains the basic facts about that subject.

On balance, the book is a friendly, down-to-earth introduction to physics.

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3.

see also introduce

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