premiere

Plural: premieres

Noun

• the first public performance of a play or movie
• The first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment, often held as a special event with celebrity guests.
• The first episode of a television show or a particular season of that show.
• In a series of narrative works, the installment that is chronologically set first.
• The leading woman of a group, especially in a theatrical cast.

Verb

Verb Forms: premiered, premiering, premieres

• To present a new work or film to the public for the first time.
• be performed for the first time
  • "We premiered the opera of the young composer and it was a critical success"
• perform a work for the first time
• Of a film or play, to play for the first time.
• To present a film or play for the first time.

Adjective Satellite

• preceding all others in time
  • "the premiere showing"

Examples

• She hoped her new seven-letter word would premiere a long winning streak in Scrabble.
• The local theatre will premiere its latest play this week.
• The new film premieres this weekend.

Synonyms

premier

Antonyms

finale

Related Words

premier

Anagrams of premiere