{
    "term": "introduce",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "introduce",
            "heSheIt": "introduces"
        },
        "pastSimple": "introduced",
        "pastParticiple": "introduced",
        "ingForm": "introducing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to tell two or more people who have not met before what each other’s names are; to tell somebody what your name is",
            "sensetop": "introduce somebodyintroduce somebody as somethingintroduce A to Bintroduce A to B as somethingintroduce A and Bintroduce yourselfintroduce yourself to somebody",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Allow me to introduce my mother.",
                    "contextForm": "introduce somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The lead singer introduced each member of the band."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He introduced me as a new member of the company.",
                    "contextForm": "introduce somebody as something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He introduced me to a Greek girl at the party.",
                    "contextForm": "introduce A to B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was introduced to me as a well-known novelist.",
                    "contextForm": "introduce A to B as something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sue and Jo were introduced by a mutual friend.",
                    "contextForm": "introduce A and B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have met before, but we haven't been **formally introduced**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can I introduce myself? I'm Helen Robins.",
                    "contextForm": "introduce yourself"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The chairperson introduced herself and opened the discussion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Kay, this is Steve.’ ‘Yes, I know—we've already introduced ourselves.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She made sure she introduced herself to all her new colleagues.",
                    "contextForm": "introduce yourself to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can I introduce my wife?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We've already been introduced."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I briefly introduced him to my parents."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She introduced me to her friends."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["formally", "properly", "briefly"],
                "verb + introduce": ["allow me to", "can", "let me"],
                "preposition": ["as", "to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to be the main speaker in a television or radio show, who gives details about the show and who presents the people who are in it; to tell the audience the name of the person who is going to speak or perform",
            "sensetop": "introduce somebody/something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The next programme will be introduced by Mary David."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is my pleasure to introduce my first guest on the show tonight…"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to mention something for the first time in a piece of writing",
            "sensetop": "introduce something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**Introduce the topic** and briefly state your own opinion.",
                    "contextForm": "introduce something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Each new idea should be introduced in a new paragraph."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In Chapter 3 the author **introduces the concept** of the learner-centred classroom to readers."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to make somebody learn about something or do something for the first time",
            "sensetop": "introduce somebody to somethingintroduce something to somebody",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The first lecture introduces students to the main topics of the course.",
                    "contextForm": "introduce somebody to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A neighbour of his introduced him to the world of Brazilian capoeira."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has developed her love of archery since being introduced to the sport by a workmate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was she who first introduced the pleasures of sailing to me.",
                    "contextForm": "introduce something to somebody"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["recently", "first", "initially"],
                "verb + introduce": ["intend to", "plan to", "want to"],
                "preposition": ["into"],
                "phrases": ["newly introduced", "recently introduced"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to make something available for use, discussion, etc. for the first time",
            "sensetop": "introduce somethingintroduce something to somethingintroduce something into something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The company has recently introduced a new warehouse management system.",
                    "contextForm": "introduce something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Legislation will be introduced** to ban the sale of these products to children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new law was introduced in 2021."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Psychologists first introduced the term in the early 1990s."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to introduce measures/reforms"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are going to introduce a few changes to the system.",
                    "contextForm": "introduce something to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government plans to gradually introduce the latest technology into all schools.",
                    "contextForm": "introduce something into something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company is introducing a new range of products this year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The airline has introduced a cheap return fare to New York."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The local authority plans to introduce new regulations on parking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government has introduced tough new import restrictions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The practice of community policing was introduced in the 1970s."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She attempted in vain to introduce some order into the classroom."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They recently introduced a yogurt drink into the market."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["recently", "first", "initially"],
                "verb + introduce": ["intend to", "plan to", "want to"],
                "preposition": ["into"],
                "phrases": ["newly introduced", "recently introduced"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to be the start of something new",
            "sensetop": "introduce something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Bands from London introduced the craze for this kind of music."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A slow theme introduces the first movement."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "to bring a plant, an animal or a disease to a place for the first time",
            "sensetop": "introduce something (to something) (from something)introduce something into something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Some new species were **introduced accidentally **to Australia from Europe.",
                    "contextForm": "introduce something (to something) (from something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Vegetation patterns changed when goats were introduced to the island."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Diseases were inadvertently introduced into the environment by settlers.",
                    "contextForm": "introduce something into something"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["recently", "first", "initially"],
                "verb + introduce": ["intend to", "plan to", "want to"],
                "preposition": ["into"],
                "phrases": ["newly introduced", "recently introduced"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "to formally present a new law so that it can be discussed",
            "sensetop": "introduce something",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **introduce a bill** (before Parliament)"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "to put something into something",
            "sensetop": "introduce something (into something)",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Particles of glass had been introduced into the baby food."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 10,
            "definition": "to cause something to contain errors",
            "sensetop": "introduce somethingintroduce something into something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Measurement error could have been introduced by respondents' recall errors.",
                    "contextForm": "introduce something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The analyst's rankings rely on subjective information, which may introduce a bias into the rankings.",
                    "contextForm": "introduce something into something"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪntrəˈdjuːs/",
                "audio": "in/introduce/introduce__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪntrəˈdjuːsɪz/",
                "audio": "in/introduce/introduces__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪntrəˈdjuːst/",
                "audio": "in/introduce/introduced__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪntrəˈdjuːsɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/introduce/introducing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪntrəˈduːs/",
                "audio": "in/introduce/introduce__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪntrəˈduːsɪz/",
                "audio": "in/introduce/introduces__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪntrəˈduːst/",
                "audio": "in/introduce/introduced__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪntrəˈduːsɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/introduce/introducing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘bring (a person) into a place or group’): from Latin introducere, from intro- ‘to the inside’ + ducere ‘to lead’."
}