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introductory Adjective serving as an introduction
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introductory adjective 1. preliminary, elementary, first, early, initial, inaugural, preparatory, initiatory, prefatory, precursory << OPPOSITE concluding Translations introductory [ɪntrəˈdʌktərɪ] adj → introductorio; introductory remarks → comentarios mpl preliminares introductory [ɪntrəˈdʌktərɪ] introduce adj → préliminaire, introductif/ive; introductory remarks → remarques fpl liminaires; introductory [ɪntrəˈdʌktərɪ] introduce adj → Einführungs-; introductory remarks introduce → einführende Bemerkungen pl; introductory offer introduce → Einführungsangebot nt introductory [ɪntrəˈdʌktərɪ] adj → introduttivo/a; an introductory offer → un'offerta di lancio; introductory remarks → osservazioni fpl preliminari How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Experience has suggested the brief introductory statement of main literary principles, too often taken for granted by teachers, with much resulting haziness in the student's mind. When the writer of these introductory lines (Walter Hartright by name) happens to be more closely connected than others with the incidents to be recorded, he will describe them in his own person. I returned to my book--Bewick's History of British Birds: the letterpress thereof I cared little for, generally speaking; and yet there were certain introductory pages that, child as I was, I could not pass quite as a blank. |
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