Used in a Sentence

introducing

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for introducing.

Editorial note

I am not sure if introducing a child to computing languages is as important as introducing it to other things first.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of introducing gathered in one view.

verb

(transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).

verb

(transitive) To make (something or someone) known by formal announcement or recommendation.

verb

(transitive) To add (something) to a system, a mixture, or a container.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for introducing.

verb

(transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).

verb

(transitive) To make (something or someone) known by formal announcement or recommendation.

verb

(transitive) To add (something) to a system, a mixture, or a container.

verb

(transitive) To bring (something) into practice.

Example sentences

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I am not sure if introducing a child to computing languages is as important as introducing it to other things first.

2

This would have preserved proportional productivity values while giving everyone an awesome reward (and introducing efficiency wages).

3

Well, if the Fed doesn't tighten, they're at a pretty high risk of introducing serious inflation into the economy.

4

The same problem arises when introducing a new programmer to the project as well.

5

Sorry, HN, my personal blog rarely gets that wide circulation, I should've done better job at introducing the context.

6

When introducing the bet, do we assume you want to win $2 over paying $1 100% of the time?

7

There's no longer any need to worry about interrupt sharing or other conflicts between subsystems, so introducing new alternatives doesn't have a multiplicative effect.

8

There are plenty of ways of solving exactly the problems without the amorphous concept of the cloud without introducing any burden on the user.

9

Facebook isn't a benevolent society dedicated to introducing people to the greater Internet, it's a publicly traded company interested in maximizing returns for its shareholders.

10

There's huge resistance to changing existing code and/or introducing new technologies.

11

It is very difficult since the symbiotic relationship needed is difficult to recreate - it is not just a matter of introducing a few new genes.

12

Exactly, Imagine introducing programming to kids at the same time they learn the cartesian coordinate system, or allowing them to grasp f(x) = sin(x) visually through experimentation.

Quote examples

1

"Well, if the Fed doesn't tighten, they're at a pretty high risk of introducing serious inflation into the economy." I doubt this will take place.

2

Intuitionism (or intuitionistic mathematics) is sometimes used to mean the same thing as constructivism and sometimes refers to Brouwer's[1] practice of denying excluded middle by introducing an axiom along the lines of "all functions are computable" or "all functions are continuous" (which from some perspectives is almost the same thing).

3

So some of the co-living spaces are co-living as defined by "you passed our landlord's test" but others are "everybody must like you to live here." If this was relating to Uber, we'd also mention they are doing the entire "break local laws and hope city hall doesn't care" trick by introducing oversubscribed short term housing which is against city policy.

Proper noun examples

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Introducing a bet to not paint in the corner means I would paint on 5 canvases, not including the corner piece.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use introducing in a sentence?

I am not sure if introducing a child to computing languages is as important as introducing it to other things first.

What does introducing mean?

(transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).

What part of speech is introducing?

introducing is commonly used as verb.