Synonyms of the word

introduction

• n. The act or process of introducing.
• n. A means, such as a personal letter, of presenting one person to another.
• n. An initial section of a book or article, which introduces the subject material.
• n. A written or oral explanation of what constitutes the basis of an issue.

beginning

• n. (uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space…
• n. That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
• n. That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
• n. The initial portion of some extended thing.
• v. present participle of begin.
• adj. (informal) Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.

commencement

• n. The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.
• n. The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
• n. A graduation ceremony, from a school, college or university.

creation

• n. (countable) Something created such as an invention or artwork.
• n. (uncountable) The act of creating something.
• n. (uncountable) All which exists.

debut

• n. A performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or some other area.
• n. The first public presentation of a theatrical play, motion picture, opera, musical composition, dance,…
• n. The first appearance of a debutante in society.
• v. (transitive, chiefly US) to formally introduce, as to the public.
• v. (intransitive) to make one's initial formal appearance.

entry

• n. (uncountable) The act of entering.
• n. (uncountable) Permission to enter.
• n. A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.
• n. A small room immediately inside the front door of a house or other building, often having an access to…
• n. A small group formed within a church, especially Episcopal, for simple dinner and fellowship, and to help…
• n. An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia; a record made in a log, diary or…
• n. (linear algebra) A term at any position in a matrix.
• n. The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure licence to land goods;…
• n. (music) When a musician starts to play or sing, entrance.

foundation

• n. The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
• n. That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the…
• n. (figuratively) The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise…
• n. (card games) In solitaire or patience games, one of the piles of cards that the player attempts to build,…
• n. (architecture) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing…
• n. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund;…
• n. That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
• n. (cosmetics) Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and…
• n. A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines.

founding

• v. present participle of found.
• n. The action of the verb to found; the establishment of something.
• adj. Who or that founds or found.

informing

• v. present participle of inform.

initiation

• n. The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.
• n. The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized…
• n. (chemistry) The first step of transcription or of transduction.

innovation

• n. The act of innovating; the introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.
• n. A change effected by innovating; a change in customs;.
• n. Something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites.
• n. A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.

insertion

• n. The act of inserting, or something inserted.
• n. (anatomy) The distal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will be moved by the muscle.
• n. (genetics) The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation.

instauration

• n. restoration after decay or dilapidation; renewal; repair.

institution

• n. A custom or practice of a society or community.
• n. An organization similarly long established and respected, particularly one involved with education, public…
• n. The building or buildings which house such an organization.
• n. (informal) Other places or businesses similarly long established and respected.
• n. (informal) A person similarly long established in a place, position, or field.
• n. The act of instituting something.
• n. (obsolete) That which institutes or instructs, particularly a textbook or system of elements or rules.

intro

• n. Short form of introduction.
• n. (demoscene) A small demo produced to promote one's demogroup or for a competition.
• n. (informal) The opening sequence at beginning of a film, television program, etc.
• v. (informal, transitive) To introduce.

intromission

• n. the state of being allowed to enter; admittance.
• n. the act of allowing to enter; admission.
• n. putting one thing into another; insertion.
• n. copulation: normally refers to the first moment of initial entry of a penis into a vagina, mouth or anus.
• n. (law, Scotland) An intermeddling with the affairs of another, either on legal grounds or without authority.

launching

• v. present participle of launch.
• n. The act by which something is launched; a launch.

movement

• n. Physical motion between points in space.
• n. (engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming…
• n. The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
• n. A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together…
• n. (music) A large division of a larger composition.
• n. (aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
• n. (baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
• n. An act of emptying the bowels.
• n. (obsolete) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.

origination

• n. (uncountable) The process of bringing something into existence.
• n. (countable) The act of bringing something into existence.

presentation

• n. The act of presenting, or something presented.
• n. A dramatic performance.
• n. An award given to someone on a special occasion.
• n. Money given as a wedding gift.
• n. A lecture or speech given in front of an audience.
• n. (medicine) The symptoms and other possible indications of disease, trauma, etc., that are exhibited by…
• n. (medicine) The position of the foetus in the uterus at birth.
• n. (fencing) Offering one's blade for engagement by the opponent.
• n. (mathematics) The specification of a group by generators and relators.
• n. The act or right of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice.

proposal

• n. Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance.

schoolbook

• n. A textbook, a book used, or prepared for use, in school.

section

• n. A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
• n. A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
• n. A part of a document.
• n. An act or instance of cutting.
• n. A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
• n. (surgery) An incision or the act of making an incision.
• n. (sciences) A thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.
• n. (botany) A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species.
• n. (zoology) An informal taxonomic rank below the order ranks and above the family ranks.
• n. (military) A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.
• n. (category theory) A right inverse.
• n. (New Zealand) A piece of residential land; a plot.
• n. (Canada) A one-mile square area of land, defined by a government survey.
• n. (geology) A sequence of rock layers.
• v. To cut, divide or separate into pieces.
• v. (Britain) To commit (a person, to a hospital, with or without their consent), as for mental health reasons…
• v. To perform a cesarean section on (someone).

start

• n. The beginning of an activity.
• n. A sudden involuntary movement.
• n. The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
• n. An appearance in a sports game from the beginning of the match.
• n. A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
• v. (transitive) To begin, commence, initiate.
• v. (intransitive) To begin an activity.
• v. To startle or be startled; to move or be moved suddenly.
• v. (intransitive) To break away, to come loose.
• v. (transitive, sports) To put into play.
• v. (nautical) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
• v. (euphemistic) To start your periods (menstruation).
• n. A tail, or anything projecting like a tail.
• n. A handle, especially that of a plough.
• n. The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.
• n. The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.

subdivision

• n. (countable, uncountable) a division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided.
• n. (countable) such a piece that has been divided.
• n. (countable) a parcel of land that has been divided into lots.
• n. (countable) a group of houses created by the same builder or in the same general area.
• v. to separate something into smaller pieces.

text

• n. A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
• n. A book, tome or other set of writings.
• n. (colloquial) A brief written message transmitted between mobile phones; an SMS text message.
• n. (computing) Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text (often contrasted with binary data).
• n. A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
• n. Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.; topic; theme.
• n. A style of writing in large characters; text-hand; also, a kind of type used in printing.
• v. (transitive) To send a text message to; i.e. to transmit text using the Short Message Service (SMS), or…
• v. (intransitive) To send and receive text messages.
• v. To write in large characters, as in text hand.

textbook

• n. A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools…
• adj. Of or pertaining to textbooks or their style, especially in being dry and pedagogical; textbooky, textbooklike.
• adj. Having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon, so that it might be included as an example…

unveiling

• n. The act of unveiling or uncovering.
• n. A ceremony for the first public showing of something.
• v. present participle of unveil.