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Introduction vs. Preliminary

Introduction and Preliminary Definitions

Introduction

The act or process of introducing or the state of being introduced.

Preliminary

Prior to or preparing for the main matter, action, or business; introductory or prefatory.

Introduction

A means, such as a personal letter, of presenting one person to another.

Preliminary

A contest to determine the finalists in a competition.

Introduction

Something recently introduced; an innovation
"He loathed a fork.
It is a modern introduction which has still scarcely reached common people" (D.H. Lawrence).

Preliminary

An event that precedes the main event, especially in boxing or wrestling.
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Introduction

A preface, as to a book.

Preliminary

An academic examination taken before a longer, more complex, or more important examination.

Introduction

(Music) A short preliminary passage in a larger movement or work.

Preliminary

An introductory remark made before a speech, presentation, or meeting.

Introduction

A basic introductory text or course of study.

Preliminary

In preparation for the main matter; initial, introductory, preparatory.
These are just the preliminary results.
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Introduction

The act or process of introducing.
The introduction of a new product into the market

Preliminary

A preparation for a main matter; an introduction.

Introduction

A means, such as a personal letter, of presenting one person to another.
David was feeling groggy at his introduction to Sophie, and didn't remember her name.

Preliminary

Any of a series of sports events that determine the finalists

Introduction

An initial section of a book or article, which introduces the subject material.
This book features a preface by a well-known botanist, and an introduction by the author's mentor at university.

Preliminary

A relatively minor contest that precedes a major one, especially in boxing
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Introduction

A written or oral explanation of what constitutes the basis of an issue.

Preliminary

Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary articles to a treaty; preliminary measures; preliminary examinations.

Introduction

The act of introducing, or bringing to notice.

Preliminary

That which precedes the main discourse, work, design, or business; something introductory or preparatory; as, the preliminaries to a negotiation or duel; to take one's preliminaries the year before entering college.

Introduction

The act of formally making persons known to each other; a presentation or making known of one person to another by name; as, the introduction of one stranger to another.

Preliminary

A minor match preceding the main event

Introduction

That part of a book or discourse which introduces or leads the way to the main subject, or part; preliminary; matter; preface; proem; exordium.

Preliminary

Something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows;
Training is a necessary preliminary to employment
Drinks were the overture to dinner

Introduction

A formal and elaborate preliminary treatise; specifically, a treatise introductory to other treatises, or to a course of study; a guide; as, an introduction to English literature.

Preliminary

Designed to orient or acquaint with a situation before proceeding;
A preliminary investigation

Introduction

The first section of a communication

Introduction

The act of beginning something new;
They looked forward to the debut of their new product line

Introduction

Formally making a person known to another or to the public

Introduction

A basic or elementary instructional text

Introduction

A new proposal;
They resisted the introduction of impractical alternatives

Introduction

The act of putting one thing into another

Introduction

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

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