ETYM Latin initiatio: cf. French initiation.
1. A formal entry into a position or office; SYN. induction, installation.
2. Starting something for the first time; SYN. founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, instauration.

ETYM Latin introductio: cf. French introduction. Related to Introduce.
1. A basic or elementary instructional text.
2. A new proposal.
3. The first section of a communication.
In music, a section preceding the main body of a work. Many symphonies of the 18th century featured a slow introduction (including works by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven), and this practice was sometimes transferred to quartets and keyboard works, as in Beethoven’s Sonata Pathétique 1799. The introduction may be related motivically or thematically to the rest of the work, as in the Pathétique, or it may be more independent, as in Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro 1905 for strings. + prikaži više

ETYM Late Lat. praeambulum, from Latin praeambulus walking before, from praeambulare to walk before; prae before + ambulare to walk: cf. French préambule. Related to Amble.
A preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose).
Preface; introduction.

ETYM French préface; cf. Spanish prefacio, prefacion, Italian prefazio, prefazione; all from Latin praefatio, from praefari to speak or say beforehand; prae before + fari, fatus, to speak. Related to Fate.
1. Something written as an introductory to a book or essay; an introduction, or series of preliminary remarks.
2. Something spoken as an introduction to a speech., or. + prikaži više

1. Preliminary comment; preface
2. Prelude