Entry Word: introduce

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to make (one person) known (to another) socially <a friend introduced him to the woman who later became his wife>

Synonyms acquaint, present

Related Words address, greet, hail, meet

2 to present or bring forward for discussion <the moderator introduced a new topic for the debate>

Synonyms bring up, broach, moot, raise

Related Words allude (to), cite, mention, name, refer (to); offer, propose, suggest; air, express, speak (of), talk (about), vent, ventilate; interject, interrupt; debate, discuss, thrash (out or over)

Near Antonyms censor, hush (up), quiet, silence, suppress

3 to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of <Luther Burbank introduced the idea of plant breeding, developing over 800 new varieties of fruits, vegetables, grains, and grasses> — see found
4 to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to <introduced everyone to the new phone system> — see acquaint 1
5 to put among or between others <introduce a new variable to the equation> — see insert