Introductory

[ɪntrə'dʌkt(ə)rɪ] or [,ɪntrə'dʌktəri]

Definition

(adj.) serving as an introduction or preface .

(adj.) serving to open or begin; 'began the slide show with some introductory remarks' .

Inputed by Cecile--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Serving to introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory proceedings; an introductory discourse.

Typist: Maxine

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Prefatory, preliminary, precursory, proëmial.

Inputed by Henrietta

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Prefatory, initiatory, commendatory, precursory, preliminary, preparatory

ANT:Completive, final, conclusive, alienative, supplemental, terminal, valedictory

Editor: Stacy

Examples

I have not been anywhere except to church for nearly a week, said Mrs. Bulstrode, after a few introductory remarks. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Indeed, I never heard or saw the introductory words _Without vanity_ I may say, &c. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.

Editor: Stacy

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