introduction
• noun 1 the action of introducing or being introduced. 2 an act of introducing one person to another. 3 a preliminary thing, such as an explanatory section at the beginning of a book. 4 a thing newly brought in. 5 a book or course of study intended to introduce a subject to a person. 6 a person’s first experience of a subject or activity.
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