Premiere

/pɹəˈmɪɚ/ · noun

Meaning

The first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment, often held as a special event with celebrity guests..

Definitions by Sense

1. The first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment, often held as a special event with celebrity guests.
2. The first episode of a television show or a particular season of that show.
3. In a series of narrative works, the installment that is chronologically set first.
4. The leading woman of a group, especially in a theatrical cast.
5. (intransitive) Of a film or play, to play for the first time.
6. (transitive) To present a film or play for the first time.

Example Sentences

The new film premieres this weekend.

His two most recent films are last year's Greyhound, a Hanks-penned World War Two thriller in which he plays a naval commander, and now News of the World, a Western set in the years immediately following the close of the US Civil War, directed by Paul Greengrass, which is premiering around the world on Netflix tomorrow.

The local theatre will premiere its latest play this week.

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• premieres
• première
• premiering
• premiered

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