Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or constituting an introduction; initial or preparatory: synonym: preliminary.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Serving to introduce something; prefatory; preliminary: as, introductory remarks.
- Synonyms Preparatory, etc. (see
preliminary ); precursory, proëmial. - noun An introduction; a treatise giving the elements or simplest parts of a subject.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Serving to introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business; preliminary; prefatory
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective introducing; giving a preview or idea of
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective serving as an introduction or preface
- adjective serving as a base or starting point
- adjective serving to open or begin
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Examples
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- Susan Obrant of Cortlandt, another wearable-fiber artist, is bringing a selection that includes more of what she calls her introductory (affordable) choices.
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You are probably right about the AP courses, but I think there is an inevitable conflict in introductory courses in many subjects.
Revolution in Academic Affairs?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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I'm sure his name comes up in introductory biology classes and discussions of the history of science, but that's pretty much it.
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I'm sure his name comes up in introductory biology classes and discussions of the history of science, but that's pretty much it.
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John was an astonishing experimentalist, who always seemed to work out scientific ideas from first principles, all those ideas that are taught in introductory chemistry and physics classes.
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It was Nell who pioneered texts in introductory programming and data structures usable by both high school and undergraduate students.
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(Many who answered the MMPI questionnaire were students in introductory psychology courses at four-year institutions.)
Study: Students more stressed now than during Depression? 2010
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The notion of the difference between economic and legal incidence of taxes is discussed in introductory economics classes, often right after the basic notions of supply and demand.
Who Bears the Tax Burden?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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It was Nell who pioneered texts in introductory programming and data structures usable by both high school and undergraduate students.
Ada Lovelace Day — blogging Nell Dale « Barb’s Computing Blog 2010
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There are a lot of things in introductory economics textbooks that are political.
Who Bears the Tax Burden?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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