intro

1. 1.

   formally making a person known to another or to the public

   Synonymspresentationintroduction

   Broaderinforming

   Narrowerdebutreintroduction
2. 2.

   a brief introductory passage to a piece of popular music

   Broaderpassage

Other forms of intro

plural

introes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about intro

What does intro mean?

intro means "formally making a person known to another or to the public". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in intro?

intro has 2 syllables: in-tro. The stress falls on "in". In IPA it is /ˈɪntɹoʊ/.

What is another word for intro?

Close synonyms include presentation, introduction. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is intro a common word?

intro is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.