introductory
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˌɪntrəˈdʌktəri/
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introductorio
- It's the next morning, and Richard is lecturing to his introductory physics class at MIT.
- an introductory course
- an introductory class
- introductory psychology
It's not that kind of introductory text.
- It's not that kind of introductory text.
- They're not just little introductory paragraphs.
- And he writes exceptionally clear and correct introductory books.
- Remember back to the very beginning, the introductory section of this portion of reason, right?
- And so again, once those people were out and we decided, OK, we're going to handle those introductory experiences, right?
- If you've been watching these modules in the suggested order, we have now finished the introductory part of the course.
- And I took Ecten, the introductory economics course, which almost everybody took back then.
- He started by doing a kind of introductory textbook.
Examples
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The pilot participants were 39 female and 28 male introductory psychology students from the University of Kansas.
Academic text (1999) -
I have a few introductory remarks.
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Now this is used more in introductory classes.
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Capital One credit card with no introductory interest rate.
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All right, the introductory course is $45.
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Why not take Dr. Wirtz's introductory course?
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I have taught two sections of an introductory-level Child Development course during each semester.
Academic text (2008) -
I actually taught here in the GSB, the introductory marketing course, and Lorraine Jobs was one of my students.
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This is a book you'd find in an introductory textbook in nuclear physics.
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The school offers an introductory course in coding for beginners.
Synonyms
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8.9
About the introduction at the start of a document or speech
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7.6
Giving a short introduction to a book or speech
Introducing a book or text by explaining its purpose
Something that is at the first stage of a process
How Introductory
Surface Forms
Morphology
introductory = introduction (transparent) = intro + duct + ory
The suffix '-ory' is added to 'introduction' to form an adjective, indicating something related to an introduction.
Etymology
Introductory comes from introduce, which is made of intro- 'into' and a part that means 'to lead', the same idea you see in the word conduct. So an introductory part 'leads you into' a subject or the first part of something.