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
