introduce

To present someone by name to another person so that they become acquainted.

• Let me introduce my colleague Sarah from the marketing department.

• Have the two of you been introduced to each other yet?

To bring a product, system, or idea into use or practice for the first time.

• The company introduced a major software update to resolve previous performance issues.

• New safety guidelines will be introduced across all manufacturing facilities next month.

To present a speaker, performer, or program to an audience.

• The host will introduce the keynote speaker before the opening lecture starts.

• Who introduced the musical guests on last night's broadcast?

To formally present a proposed law, policy, or motion for consideration.

• The senator plans to introduce legislation aimed at protecting coastal wetlands next week.

• A formal motion to adjourn was promptly introduced by the committee chair.

To bring an animal, plant, or organism into an environment where it does not naturally occur.

• Settlers introduced foreign plants that quickly crowded out native species across the valley.

• When was this predatory beetle first introduced into the island's fragile ecosystem?