introductory essay
collocation in Englishmeaningsofintroductoryandessay
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introductory
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.trəˈdʌk.tər.i/us/ˌɪn.trəˈdʌk.tər.i/
existing, used, or experienced for the ...
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essay
noun[C]
uk/ˈes.eɪ/us/ˈes.eɪ/
a short piece of writing on a particular subject, especially one done by students as part of the work for ...
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The author's interpretative framework is sketched out in a very insightfulintroductoryessayat the front of the book.
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After anintroductoryessay, the work is organised in chapters divided on a chronological basis.
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Each section also includes a briefintroductoryessay.
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Theintroductoryessayprovides a vivid account of some of the last abbesses and prioresses drawn mainly from episcopal and archiepiscopal visitation records.
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In addition, an admirableintroductoryessaysets the scene.
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Anintroductoryessaydescribes the town or city's topography c. 1840 and narrates its physical growth since the start of urban settlement.
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It contains anintroductoryessayand sixteen articles ranging from pure logic to natural language semantics, with a significant number attempting to address both.
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Each of these chapters has anintroductoryessayand a glossary with alphabetically arranged entries related to the topics of the chapter.
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In thisintroductoryessay, we have tried to incorporate those issues into a more general conceptualization of the environmental effects of agroindustrialization in developing countries.
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Theintroductoryessayon contemporary philosophical theology sets out clearly enough their common approach.
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The debate should rather have been the basis for the revision of the original conference papers and a more substantialintroductoryessay.
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There is a most valuableintroductoryessayof some eighty pages in which the more significant works are discussed and placed in context.
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My intention in thisintroductoryessayis to highlight some of the major contributions of the papers and to sketch the connections among them.
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There is a usefulintroductoryessayby the editors, on heritage resources and research directions for water constructions and technology.
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Thisintroductoryessaysets out to describe the larger historical situation into which these medicines entered.
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Ten chapters are thematically grouped between anintroductoryessayon constructional principles summarised in doctrinal terms and a conclusion which questions the wisdom of such vaguely defined moral imperatives.
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Of more coherence are the peer-reviewed documents projects, or the collection of annotated primary documents with theirintroductoryessayorganized together to address a specific question.
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Dore'sintroductoryessayargues against the assumption that the spread of liberal values in the nineteenth century improved women's status.
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Anintroductoryessaywritten by a different person is a "foreword" and precedes an author's preface.
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Each booklet consisted of anintroductoryessayand fifty black-and-white reproductions.
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