"introduce" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˌɪntɹəˈdus/ [General-American], /ˌɪntəɹˈdus/ [General-American], /ˌɪntɹəˈdjuːs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-introduce.ogg [US] Forms: introduces [present, singular, third-person], introducing [participle, present], introduced [participle, past], introduced [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], introduce [infinitive]
Etymology: From Middle English introducen, from Old French introduire, from Latin intrōdūcō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”) and *dewk-. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dewk-}}, {{inh|en|enm|introducen}} Middle English introducen, {{der|en|fro|introduire}} Old French introduire, {{der|en|la|intrōdūcō}} Latin intrōdūcō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₁énteros||inner, what is inside}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”), {{m|ine-pro|*dewk-}} *dewk- Head templates: {{en-verb}} introduce (third-person singular simple present introduces, present participle introducing, simple past and past participle introduced) Inflection templates: {{en-conj|old=1|stem=introduc}}
  1. (transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else). Tags: transitive Translations (to cause someone to be acquainted): قَدَّمَ (qaddama) (Arabic), ծանոթացնել (canotʻacʻnel) (Armenian), ներկայացնել (nerkayacʻnel) (Armenian), presentar (Asturian), прадстаўля́ць (pradstaŭljácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), прадста́віць (pradstávicʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), знаёміць (znajómicʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), пазнаёміць (paznajómicʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), представям (predstavjam) (Bulgarian), запознавам (zapoznavam) (Bulgarian), presentar (Catalan), 介紹 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 介绍 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 紹介 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 绍介 (siāu-kài) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 介紹 (Chinese Cantonese), 介绍 (gaai³ siu⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 紹介 (Chinese Cantonese), 绍介 (siu⁶ gaai³) (Chinese Cantonese), 介紹 (Chinese Mandarin), 介绍 (jièshào) (Chinese Mandarin), 紹介 (Chinese Mandarin), 绍介 (shàojiè) (Chinese Mandarin), introducere (Danish), introduceren (Dutch), voorstellen (Dutch), prezenti (Esperanto), tutvustama (Estonian), esitellä (Finnish), présenter (French), vorstellen (German), bekannt machen (German), परिचय (paricay) (Hindi), bemutat (Hungarian), presentare (Italian), 紹介する (shōkai suru) (alt: しょうかいする) (Japanese), 引き合わせる (hikiawaseru) (Japanese), 소개(紹介)하다 (sogaehada) (Korean), virstellen (Luxembourgish), whakataki (Maori), presentere (Norwegian), forestille (Norwegian), معرفی کردن (mo'arrefi kardan) (Persian), przedstawiać [imperfective] (Polish), przedstawić [perfective] (Polish), apresentar (Portuguese), prezenta (Romanian), представля́ть (predstavljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), предста́вить (predstávitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), знако́мить (znakómitʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), познако́мить (poznakómitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), presentar (Spanish), presentera (Swedish), แนะนำ (nɛ́-nam) (Thai), tanıştırmak (Turkish), представля́ти (predstavljáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), предста́вити (predstávyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), знайо́мити (znajómyty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), познайо́мити (poznajómyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), giới thiệu (alt: 介紹) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-introduce-en-verb-6dB4RaE5 Disambiguation of 'to cause someone to be acquainted': 97 1 0 2
  2. (transitive) To make (something or someone) known by formal announcement or recommendation. Tags: transitive Synonyms (make something or someone known): announce Translations (to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation): presentar (Asturian), представям (predstavjam) (Bulgarian), 引見 (Chinese Cantonese), 引见 (jan⁵ gin³) (Chinese Cantonese), 引見 (Chinese Mandarin), 引见 (yǐnjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), představit [perfective] (Czech), voorstellen (Dutch), esitellä (Finnish), présenter (French), vorstellen (German), συστήνω (systíno) (Greek), presentare (Italian), intrōdūcō (Latin), virstellen (Luxembourgish), kuhu (Maori), kōkuhu (Maori), apresentar (Portuguese), представля́ть (predstavljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), предста́вить (predstávitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), predstaviť [perfective] (Slovak), presentar (Spanish), presentera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-introduce-en-verb-~u8BaICY Disambiguation of 'make something or someone known': 20 69 1 10 Disambiguation of 'to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation': 2 96 0 2
  3. (transitive) To add (something) to a system, a mixture, or a container. Tags: transitive Translations (to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container): вкарвам (vkarvam) (Bulgarian), внасям (vnasjam) (Bulgarian), introduir (Catalan), 導入 (Chinese Mandarin), 导入 (dǎorù) (Chinese Mandarin), enplekti (Esperanto), lisätä (Finnish), introduire (French), ereszt (Hungarian), juttat (Hungarian), enged (Hungarian), introdurre (Italian), iniziare (Italian), inserire (Italian), incominciare (Italian), cominciare (Italian), avviare (Italian), intrōdūcō (Latin), indō (Latin), kōkuhu (Maori), whakauru (Maori), introduire (Occitan), introduzir (Portuguese), introducir (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-introduce-en-verb-JmRD12Nj Disambiguation of 'to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container': 0 0 99 0
  4. (transitive) To bring (something) into practice. Tags: transitive Translations (to bring into practice — see also bring in): παράγω (parágō) (Ancient Greek), въвеждам (vǎveždam) (Bulgarian), внедрявам (vnedrjavam) (Bulgarian), introduir (Catalan), 推行 (tuīxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), zavést (Czech), introduceren (Dutch), ottaa käyttöön (Finnish), introduire (French), einführen (German), bevezet (Hungarian), introdurre (Italian), aféieren (Luxembourgish), wprowadzać [imperfective] (Polish), wprowadzić [perfective] (Polish), introduzir (Portuguese), вводи́ть (vvodítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), ввести́ (vvestí) [perfective] (Russian), introducir (Spanish), införa (Swedish), uygulamaya koymak (Turkish), запрова́джувати (zaprovádžuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), запрова́дити (zaprovádyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), вво́дити (vvódyty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), ввести́ (vvestý) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-introduce-en-verb-iEjSMB4X Categories (other): American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts: 24 21 21 33 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 18 13 55 Disambiguation of 'to bring into practice — see also bring in': 8 3 1 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: interduce [pronunciation-spelling] Derived forms: re-introduce

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Let me introduce you to my friends.",
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          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
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          "roman": "paznajómicʹ",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "predstavjam",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "представям"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zapoznavam",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
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          "lang": "Catalan",
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          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "介紹"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "gaai³ siu⁶",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
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          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "紹介"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
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          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "siu⁶ gaai³",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
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          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "介紹"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "zh-min-nan",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "介绍"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "紹介"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "siāu-kài",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "绍介"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "介紹"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jièshào",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "介绍"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "紹介"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shàojiè",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "绍介"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "introducere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "introduceren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "voorstellen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "prezenti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "tutvustama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "esitellä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "présenter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "vorstellen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "bekannt machen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "paricay",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "परिचय"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "bemutat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "presentare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "alt": "しょうかいする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shōkai suru",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "紹介する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hikiawaseru",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "引き合わせる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sogaehada",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "소개(紹介)하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "virstellen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "whakataki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "presentere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "forestille"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "mo'arrefi kardan",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "معرفی کردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "przedstawiać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "przedstawić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "apresentar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "prezenta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "predstavljátʹ",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "представля́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "predstávitʹ",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "предста́вить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "znakómitʹ",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "знако́мить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "poznakómitʹ",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "познако́мить"
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          "code": "es",
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "presentera"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "nɛ́-nam",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "tanıştırmak"
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          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "predstavljáty",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "представля́ти"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "predstávyty",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "предста́вити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "znajómyty",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "poznajómyty",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "tags": [
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          "alt": "介紹",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
          "word": "giới thiệu"
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        {
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          "word": "presentar"
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          "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
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          "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
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        {
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          "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
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          "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
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          "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
          "word": "presentare"
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          "_dis1": "2 96 0 2",
          "code": "la",
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          "_dis1": "2 96 0 2",
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          "_dis1": "2 96 0 2",
          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 96 0 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
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          "roman": "vnasjam",
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          "word": "introduir"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "dǎorù",
          "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
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        {
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          "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
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          "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
          "word": "enged"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
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        {
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          "code": "it",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
          "code": "it",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
          "code": "mi",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
          "word": "introduzir"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
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          "text": "Wheeled transport was introduced long ago.",
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          "ref": "2013 October 5, “The widening gyre”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8856",
          "text": "First introduced in Letchworth Garden City in 1909, the roundabout[…]proved so popular in Britain that in the 1960s the Transport Research Laboratory developed a miniature version.",
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        "(transitive) To bring (something) into practice."
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vǎveždam",
          "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
          "word": "въвеждам"
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        {
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          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "vnedrjavam",
          "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
          "word": "внедрявам"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 3 1 89",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
          "word": "introduir"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 3 1 89",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tuīxíng",
          "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
          "word": "推行"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 3 1 89",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
          "word": "zavést"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 3 1 89",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
          "word": "introduceren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 3 1 89",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
          "word": "ottaa käyttöön"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 3 1 89",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
          "word": "introduire"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 3 1 89",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
          "word": "einführen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 3 1 89",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "parágō",
          "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
          "word": "παράγω"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 3 1 89",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
          "word": "bevezet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 3 1 89",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
          "word": "introdurre"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 3 1 89",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
          "word": "aféieren"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 3 1 89",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
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          "word": "wprowadzać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 3 1 89",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "wprowadzić"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 3 1 89",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
          "word": "introduzir"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 3 1 89",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vvodítʹ",
          "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "вводи́ть"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 3 1 89",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vvestí",
          "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ввести́"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 3 1 89",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
          "word": "introducir"
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          "_dis1": "8 3 1 89",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
          "word": "införa"
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          "_dis1": "8 3 1 89",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
          "word": "uygulamaya koymak"
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          "_dis1": "8 3 1 89",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zaprovádžuvaty",
          "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
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          "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
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          "_dis1": "8 3 1 89",
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          "roman": "vvódyty",
          "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "вво́дити"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 3 1 89",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vvestý",
          "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
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      "ipa": "/ˌɪntəɹˈdus/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪntɹəˈdjuːs/",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old French introduire",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "intrōdūcō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin intrōdūcō",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁énteros",
        "4": "",
        "5": "inner, what is inside"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*dewk-"
      },
      "expansion": "*dewk-",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English introducen, from Old French introduire, from Latin intrōdūcō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”) and *dewk-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "introduces",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "introducing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "introduced",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "introduced",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "en-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "introduce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "introduce (third-person singular simple present introduces, present participle introducing, simple past and past participle introduced)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "in‧tro‧duce"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "old": "1",
        "stem": "introduc"
      },
      "name": "en-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Let me introduce you to my friends.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, page 96",
          "text": "His unruly hair was slicked down with water, and as Jessamy introduced him to Miss Brindle his face assumed a cherubic innocence which would immediately have aroused the suspicions of anyone who knew him.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "acquaint",
          "acquaint"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else)."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of people"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The senator plans to introduce the bill in the next session.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Let me introduce our guest speaker.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make (something or someone) known by formal announcement or recommendation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "announce",
          "announce"
        ],
        [
          "recommend",
          "recommend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To make (something or someone) known by formal announcement or recommendation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Various pollutants were introduced into the atmosphere.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To add (something) to a system, a mixture, or a container."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "add",
          "add"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To add (something) to a system, a mixture, or a container."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Wheeled transport was introduced long ago.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 October 5, “The widening gyre”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8856",
          "text": "First introduced in Letchworth Garden City in 1909, the roundabout[…]proved so popular in Britain that in the 1960s the Transport Research Laboratory developed a miniature version.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bring (something) into practice."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To bring (something) into practice."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪntɹəˈdus/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪntəɹˈdus/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪntɹəˈdjuːs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-introduce.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/38/En-us-introduce.ogg/En-us-introduce.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/En-us-introduce.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "make something or someone known",
      "word": "announce"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "pronunciation-spelling"
      ],
      "word": "interduce"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ase",
      "lang": "American Sign Language",
      "note": "BentB@FromTipFinger-BackFingerDown-BentB@InsideTrunkhigh-BackFingerDown BentB@TipFinger-BackFingerDown-BentB@CenterTrunkhigh-BackFingerDown",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qaddama",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "قَدَّمَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "canotʻacʻnel",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "ծանոթացնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "nerkayacʻnel",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "ներկայացնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "presentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pradstaŭljácʹ",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "прадстаўля́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pradstávicʹ",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "прадста́віць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "znajómicʹ",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "знаёміць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "paznajómicʹ",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "пазнаёміць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predstavjam",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "представям"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zapoznavam",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "запознавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "presentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "介紹"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "gaai³ siu⁶",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "介绍"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "紹介"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "siu⁶ gaai³",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "绍介"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "介紹"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "介绍"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "紹介"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "siāu-kài",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "绍介"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "介紹"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jièshào",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "介绍"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "紹介"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shàojiè",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "绍介"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "introducere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "introduceren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "voorstellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "prezenti"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "tutvustama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "esitellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "présenter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "vorstellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "bekannt machen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "paricay",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "परिचय"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "bemutat"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "presentare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しょうかいする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōkai suru",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "紹介する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hikiawaseru",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "引き合わせる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sogaehada",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "소개(紹介)하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "virstellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "whakataki"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "presentere"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "forestille"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mo'arrefi kardan",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "معرفی کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przedstawiać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "przedstawić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "apresentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "prezenta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predstavljátʹ",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "представля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predstávitʹ",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "предста́вить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "znakómitʹ",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "знако́мить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poznakómitʹ",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "познако́мить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "presentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "presentera"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nɛ́-nam",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "แนะนำ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "tanıştırmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "predstavljáty",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "представля́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "predstávyty",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "предста́вити"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "znajómyty",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "знайо́мити"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "poznajómyty",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "познайо́мити"
    },
    {
      "alt": "介紹",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to cause someone to be acquainted",
      "word": "giới thiệu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
      "word": "presentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predstavjam",
      "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
      "word": "представям"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
      "word": "引見"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "jan⁵ gin³",
      "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
      "word": "引见"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
      "word": "引見"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǐnjiàn",
      "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
      "word": "引见"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "představit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
      "word": "voorstellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
      "word": "esitellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
      "word": "présenter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
      "word": "vorstellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "systíno",
      "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
      "word": "συστήνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
      "word": "presentare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
      "word": "intrōdūcō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
      "word": "virstellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
      "word": "kuhu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
      "word": "kōkuhu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
      "word": "apresentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predstavljátʹ",
      "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "представля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predstávitʹ",
      "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "предста́вить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "predstaviť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
      "word": "presentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation",
      "word": "presentera"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vkarvam",
      "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
      "word": "вкарвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vnasjam",
      "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
      "word": "внасям"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
      "word": "introduir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
      "word": "導入"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dǎorù",
      "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
      "word": "导入"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
      "word": "enplekti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
      "word": "lisätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
      "word": "introduire"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
      "word": "ereszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
      "word": "juttat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
      "word": "enged"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
      "word": "introdurre"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
      "word": "iniziare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
      "word": "inserire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
      "word": "incominciare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
      "word": "cominciare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
      "word": "avviare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
      "word": "intrōdūcō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
      "word": "indō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
      "word": "kōkuhu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
      "word": "whakauru"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
      "word": "introduire"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
      "word": "introduzir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container",
      "word": "introducir"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎveždam",
      "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
      "word": "въвеждам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vnedrjavam",
      "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
      "word": "внедрявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
      "word": "introduir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tuīxíng",
      "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
      "word": "推行"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
      "word": "zavést"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
      "word": "introduceren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
      "word": "ottaa käyttöön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
      "word": "introduire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
      "word": "einführen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "parágō",
      "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
      "word": "παράγω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
      "word": "bevezet"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
      "word": "introdurre"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
      "word": "aféieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wprowadzać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wprowadzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
      "word": "introduzir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vvodítʹ",
      "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "вводи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vvestí",
      "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ввести́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
      "word": "introducir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
      "word": "införa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
      "word": "uygulamaya koymak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaprovádžuvaty",
      "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "запрова́джувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaprovádyty",
      "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "запрова́дити"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vvódyty",
      "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "вво́дити"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vvestý",
      "sense": "to bring into practice — see also bring in",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ввести́"
    }
  ],
  "word": "introduce"
}
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  "path": [
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  "title": "introduce",
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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": kài-siāu vs. zh-min-nan",
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