introductory
/ˌɪntɹəˈdʌktəɹi/US/ˌɪntɹəˈdʌktɚi/
introductory adjective: introducing; giving a preview, idea or foretaste of.
Adjective
introductory (not comparable)
- Introducing; giving a preview, idea or foretaste of.
- He enrolled in an introductory wine-making course.
- Synonyms:
- prefatory, preparatory
introductory meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
introductory in Hindi
- introductory, elementary, fundamental
- आरंभिक ārambhik
introductory in Tamil
- அறிமுக
introductory in Marathi
- परिचयात्मक, प्रास्ताविक
introductory in Urdu
- افتتاحی
More languagesFewer languages
- introductory in Bengali
- পরিচায়ক poricaẏok
- introductory in Malayalam
- മുഖവുരയായ, പൂർവാംഗമായ, പ്രാവേശികം, അവതാരികയായ
- introductory in Kannada
- ಪ್ರಾಸ್ತಾವಿಕ, ಪ್ರಾರಂಭದ
- introductory in Gujarati
- પરિચયાત્મક
- introductory in Nepali
- परिचयात्मक
Examples of introductory in a sentence
- The introductory swimming instructor carried a pile of kickboards to the pool for the children.
- The introductory mathematics courses will lay the groundwork for all your subsequent engineering studies.
- Once, the lower is understood, the upper is just an introductory.
Synonyms of introductory
Origin of introductory
Borrowed from Late Latin intrōductōrius, from Latin intrōductus.
Words formed from introductory
Phrases with introductory
Questions about introductory
- What does introductory mean?
- Introductory means introducing; giving a preview, idea or foretaste of.
- What is introductory in Hindi?
- Introductory in Hindi is आरंभिक (ārambhik). See Introductory meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is introductory?
- Introductory is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce introductory?
- Introductory is pronounced /ˌɪntɹəˈdʌktəɹi/ (UK).
Words near introductory in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: introductory (page history and authors); आरंभिक (Hindi) (page history and authors); introductory (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); introductory (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); introductory (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); introductory (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); introductory (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); introductory (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); introductory (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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