Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - intro

(intros) The intro to a song, programme, or book is the first part, which comes before the main part. (INFORMAL) ...the keyboard intro to The Who’s ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’. N-COUNT: oft N to n INTRODUCE (introduces, introducing, introduced) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. To introduce something means to cause it to enter a place or exist in a system for the first time. The Government has introduced a number of other money-saving moves... The word ‘Pagoda’ was introduced to Europe by the 17th century Portuguese. VERB: V n, be V-ed into/to n • introduction He is best remembered for the introduction of the moving assembly-line. N-VAR: usu N of n 2. If you introduce someone to something, you cause them to learn about it or experience it for the first time. He introduced us to the delights of natural food. VERB: V n to n • introduction His introduction to League football would have been gentler if he had started at a smaller club... N-SING: usu N to n 3. If you introduce one person to another, or you introduce two people, you tell them each other’s names, so that they can get to know each other. If you introduce yourself to someone, you tell them your name. Tim, may I introduce you to my uncle’s secretary, Mary Waller?... Someone introduced us and I sat next to him... Let me introduce myself. VERB: V n to n, V pl-n, V pron-refl • introduction (introductions) With considerable shyness, Elaine performed the introductions. N-VAR 4. The person who introduces a television or radio programme speaks at the beginning of it, and often between the different items in it, in order to explain what the programme or the items are about. ‘Health Matters’ is introduced by Dick Oliver on BBC World Service. = present VERB: be V-ed by n, also V n