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