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Definition of Introductory
1. Adjective. Serving to open or begin. "Began the slide show with some introductory remarks"
2. Adjective. Serving as a base or starting point. "An introductory art course"
3. Adjective. Serving as an introduction or preface.
Definition of Introductory
1. a. Serving to introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory proceedings; an introductory discourse.
Definition of Introductory
1. Adjective. introducing; giving a preview or idea of ¹
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Definition of Introductory
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Introductory
Literary usage of Introductory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1829)
"An Essay on the Study of the Animal Kingdom ; being an introductory Lecture, ...
An introductory Lecture, delivered Nov. 4. By George Long, MA Professor of ..."
2. Walden; Or, Life in the Woods: Or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau (1893)
"... introductory NOTE THOREAU lived in his Walden camp but two years, 1845-1847,
and, as his narrative clearly shows, by no means exiled himself from home ..."
3. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1900)
"introductory CHAPTER AMONGST the novel objects that attracted my attention during
my stay in the United States, nothing struck me more forcibly than the ..."
4. The Age of Shakespeare (1579-1631) by Thomas Seccombe, John William Allen (1903)
"introductory.—§ 2. Sidney and the Sonneteers.—§ 3. ... introductory. THE year
1579 is a very memorable year in the history of English literature. ..."
5. A Text-book of Physics: Heat by John Henry Poynting, Joseph John Thomson (1906)
"introductory Remarks — Temperature—Thermal Equilibrium — Construction of Mercury.
... introductory Remarks.—In the science of Heat, we investigate those ..."
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