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introduction
A	noun
	1	introduction, debut, first appearance, launching, unveiling, entry
			the act of beginning something new; "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚change of state ╚beginning; start; commencement ╚introduction, debut, first appearance, launching, unveiling, entry ╚naturalization; naturalisation ╚ushering in ╚product introduction ╚induction
	2	initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration
			the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"; "he regards the fork as a modern introduction"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚change of state ╚beginning; start; commencement ╚initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration ╚authorship; paternity
	3	insertion, introduction, intromission
			the act of putting one thing into another
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚movement ╚insertion, introduction, intromission ╚perfusion ╚transfusion; blood transfusion ╚injection ╚enclosure; enclosing; envelopment; inclosure ╚instillation; instillment; instilment ╚cannulation; canulation; cannulization; cannulisation; canulization; canulisation; intubation
	4	introduction
			the first section of a communication
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚written communication; written language ╚writing; written material; piece of writing ╚section; subdivision ╚introduction ╚prologue ╚preamble ╚foreword; preface; prolusion ╚opening ╚exordium
	5	introduction
			a basic or elementary instructional text
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚creation ╚product; production ╚work; piece of work ╚publication ╚book ╚textbook; text; text edition; schoolbook; school text ╚introduction
	6	introduction
			a new proposal; "they resisted the introduction of impractical alternatives"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚proposal ╚introduction
	7	presentation, introduction, intro
			formally making a person known to another or to the public
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚speech act ╚informing; making known ╚presentation, introduction, intro ╚reintroduction ╚debut

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