noun
Meaning 1
An introduction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
intro
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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General-American: /ˈɪntɹoʊ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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CMU ARPABET: IH1 N T R OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The opening sequence at beginning of a film, television program, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: extro, outro
noun
Meaning 3
A small demo produced to promote one's demogroup or for a competition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, demoscene, engineering, lifestyle, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To introduce.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
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noun
Meaning 5
a brief introductory passage to a piece of popular music
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: passage, musical passage
noun
Meaning 6
formally making a person known to another or to the public
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: presentation, introduction
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: informing, making known
Narrower terms: debut, reintroduction
History
Etymology
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.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: intro — short form of introduction
- Finnish: intro — short form of introduction
- French: intro — short form of introduction
- German: intro — short form of introduction
- Italian: intro — short form of introduction
- Latin: intro — short form of introduction
- Portuguese: intro — short form of introduction
- Spanish: intro — short form of introduction
- Swedish: intro — short form of introduction
Real reading context