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Definition of Premiere
1. Adjective. Preceding all others in time. "The premiere showing"
2. Verb. Be performed for the first time. "We premiered the opera of the young composer and it was a critical success"
3. Noun. The first public performance of a play or movie.
4. Verb. Perform a work for the first time. "They will premiere the duet"
Category relationships: Performing Arts
Generic synonyms: Do, Execute, Perform
Definition of Premiere
1. Noun. The first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment, often held as a special event with celebrity guests. ¹
2. Noun. The first episode of a television show or a particular season of that show. ¹
3. Noun. In a series of narrative works, the installment that is chronologically set first. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) Of a film or play, to play for the first time. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To present a film or play for the first time. ¹
6. Noun. (context: less common) (alternative spelling of premiere) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Premiere
1. to present publicly for the first time [v -MIERED, -MIERING, -MIERES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Premiere
Literary usage of Premiere
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Oriental Translation Fund (1835)
"premiere Livraison. 4to. 44. THE DIDASCALIA; or, APOSTOLICAL CONSTITUTIONS OF
THE ABYSSINIAN CHURCH. Translated from the Ethiopic, by THOMAS P. PLATT, ..."
2. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1864)
"premiere partie. Paris: 1863. ' TT is related of Angelico of Fiesole that he
never painted ' the head of the Virgin or of Christ but on bended knee. ..."
3. The English Review (1846)
"... de Condamnation et de Rehabilitation de Jeanne UA re, dite la Pucelle, publies
pour la premiere fois d"apr<!s les Manuscrits de la Bibliotheque Royale, ..."
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