adjective
- Serving to open or begin.
- usage: "began the slide show with some introductory remarks"
- Serving as a base or starting point.
- usage: "a basic course in Russian"; "basic training for raw recruits"; "a set of basic tools"; "an introductory art course"
- synonyms: basic
- Serving as an introduction or preface.
- synonyms: prefatorial, prefatory
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