introduced
in-truh-DOOST/ˌɪntɹəˈduːst/UKin-truh-DYOOST/ˌɪntɹəˈdjuːst/
- 1Past tense and past participle of introduce. Use this form for something that already happened.
The teacher introduced a new student to the class.
She has introduced many of her friends to each other over the years.
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- 2Brought to a place by people, not living or growing there naturally before.
Like a plant someone carries from far away and puts in a new garden.
The introduced fish soon took over the whole lake.
Gardeners often plant introduced flowers from other countries.
Similarnon-native, alien, exotic, foreign
Oppositenative, indigenous
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introduced is a form of introduce
introduce, verb: To start using a new idea, rule, or way of doing things. Full entry
- Forms
- introduceintroduces he/she/itintroducing -ing formintroduced past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- introduce → introduced: add -d
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