premiere
IPA: prɛmˈɪr
noun
- 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
- (intransitive) Of a film or play, to play for the first time.
- (transitive) To present a film or play for the first time.
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Examples of "premiere" in Sentences
- She came to the premiere of the film.
- The buildup to the premiere was tense.
- The date of the premiere is uncertain.
- This was the world premiere of the film.
- Rubinstein premiered the 5th sonata in the West.
- The episode was followed by the premiere of the video.
- KenCen chamber players offer local Previn premiere, by Joe Banno
- Premiere Bank is a member of the consortium and the in the Philippines.
- The definition of "premiere" is "to present publicly for the first time."
- All plot and no point, the second-season premiere is chemistry - and humor-free.
- One look at a dictionary confirms the headline and use of "premiere" is completely sound.
- Well you heard it, the premiere is today so if your in for a zombie movie Tower City Cinemas awaits for you!
- The much anticipated The Twilight Saga: Eclipse premiere is almost here and we will be hosting a live stream of the red carpet arrivals!
- As for the HBO pair, the network's big publicity push for the show's second-season premiere is likely to remind voters of how amusingly grand guignol Paquin was in Blood.
- Certainly, there were few better visual tricks in premiere week than CSI's opener: a prolonged Matrix-like frozen effect that showed us the results of a morgue gun battle.
- This woman turned the frozen donkey wheel and somehow ended up at a Charlie Chaplin premiere: As anyone who has dug up every "Lost" DVD easter egg knows, there is an obscure deleted scene from the show in which Ben Linus turns the wheel and winds up at the 2002 premiere of "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood."