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intro

Syllables: in·troUS/ˈɪntɹoʊ/

intro noun: an introduction.

Noun

intro (plural intros)

  1. (informal) An introduction.
  2. (informal) The opening sequence at beginning of a film, television program, etc.
    Antonyms:
    extro, outro
  3. A small demo produced to promote one's demogroup or for a competition.
    • If the rules specify that the DLLs' size will be added to the 64K limit, there's not a lot of space to code an intro.1999, brainpower / digital artists, “Win32 demos”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet)
    • Are there any sites that have original copies of games? (ie: Summer/Winter/World Games with Fast Loading). Just looking for games without the trainers/intros.2001, LJames4728, “Good C64 Game Sites?”, in alt.c64 (Usenet)

Verb

intro (third-person singular simple present intros, present participle introing, simple past and past participle introed)

  1. (informal, transitive) To introduce.

Examples of intro in a sentence

  • I DMed him an audio of myself singing the South Park intro.
  • The podcast's intro and outro music, jingles, and sound effects are all part of its sonic branding.
  • By now, you’ve probably heard the term “Stuff+” (it was mentioned in today’s intro, at very least).

All 16 example sentences with intro

Antonyms of intro

Forms of intro

Noun
pluralintros
Verb
third-person singular presentintros
present participleintroing
past participleintroed
pastintroed

Plural of intro: intros

Origin of intro

Clipping of introduction, from Latin intrōductiō (“lead-in, introduction”) – the abbreviation removes the second part of the compound; the first part ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”). The demoscene sense comes from the fact that they were originally prepended to pirated copies of computer games.

Words formed from intro

Questions about intro

What does intro mean?
Intro means an introduction.
What part of speech is intro?
Intro can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce intro?
Intro is pronounced /ˈɪntɹoʊ/ (US).
What is the plural of intro?
The plural of intro is intros.

Words near intro in the dictionary

  1. intrinsicness
  2. intrinsicoid
  3. intrinsics
  4. intrinsify
  5. intriptyline
  6. intro
  7. intro-
  8. intro.
  9. introcession
  10. introcessions
  11. introcision

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