INTRODUCE


Meaning of INTRODUCE in English

verb

1 tell people sb's name

ADVERB

▪ formally , properly

We have met before, but we haven't been formally ~d.

▪ briefly

I briefly ~d him to my parents.

VERB + INTRODUCE

▪ allow me to , can , let me , may

Let me ~ myself.

May I ~ my wife, Sarah?

PREPOSITION

▪ as

He ~d me as a new member of the company.

▪ to

She ~d me to her friends.

2 start using/doing sth for the first time

ADVERB

▪ recently

They recently ~d a yogurt drink into the market.

▪ first , initially , originally

Psychologists first ~d the term in the early 1990s.

▪ gradually , slowly

▪ quickly , rapidly

After coming to power, he quickly ~d land reform.

▪ accidentally , inadvertently

diseases inadvertently ~d to the area by settlers

VERB + INTRODUCE

▪ intend to , plan to , want to

The local authority plans to ~ new regulations on parking.

▪ attempt to , try to

She attempted in vain to ~ some order into the classroom.

PREPOSITION

▪ into

New technology is rapidly being ~d into factories.

PHRASES

▪ newly ~d , recently ~d

These measures have only been recently ~d.

Introduce is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ government , ↑ settler

Introduce is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ act , ↑ amendment , ↑ ban , ↑ bill , ↑ boycott , ↑ change , ↑ character , ↑ charge , ↑ competition , ↑ concept , ↑ conscription , ↑ control , ↑ curb , ↑ element , ↑ error , ↑ fare , ↑ flexibility , health service, ↑ idea , ↑ initiative , ↑ innovation , ↑ law , ↑ legislation , ↑ measure , ↑ modification , ↑ motion , ↑ mutation , ↑ note , ↑ penalty , ↑ policy , ↑ practice , ↑ product , ↑ quota , ↑ rationing , ↑ rebate , ↑ refinement , ↑ reform , ↑ regulation , ↑ resolution , ↑ restriction , ↑ safeguard , ↑ scheme , ↑ slavery , ↑ system , ↑ tariff , ↑ tax , ↑ technique , ↑ technology , ↑ term , ↑ theme , ↑ uncertainty , ↑ version

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .