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PREMIER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does premier mean?
• PREMIER (noun)
The noun PREMIER has 2 senses:
1. the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom
2. the person who is head of government (in several countries)
Familiarity information: PREMIER used as a noun is rare.
• PREMIER (adjective)
The adjective PREMIER has 2 senses:
1. first in rank or degree
2. preceding all others in time
Familiarity information: PREMIER used as an adjective is rare.
• PREMIER (verb)
The verb PREMIER has 2 senses:
1. be performed for the first time
2. perform a work for the first time
Familiarity information: PREMIER used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
PM; premier; Prime Minister
Hypernyms ("premier" is a kind of...):
chief of state; head of state (the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government)
Holonyms ("premier" is a member of...):
British Cabinet (the senior ministers of the British government)
Derivation:
premier (first in rank or degree)
premiership (the office of premier)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The person who is head of government (in several countries)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
chancellor; premier; prime minister
Hypernyms ("premier" is a kind of...):
chief of state; head of state (the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "premier"):
taoiseach (the prime minister of the Irish Republic)
Derivation:
premier (first in rank or degree)
premiership (the office of premier)
Sense 1
Meaning:
First in rank or degree
Synonyms:
premier; prime
Context example:
the prime minister
Similar:
first (preceding all others in time or space or degree)
Derivation:
premier (the person who is head of government (in several countries))
premier (the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Preceding all others in time
Synonyms:
premier; premiere
Context example:
the premiere showing
Similar:
first (preceding all others in time or space or degree)
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it premiers Past simple: premiered
Past participle: premiered
-ing form: premiering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be performed for the first time
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
premier; premiere
Context example:
We premiered the opera of the young composer and it was a critical success
Domain category:
performing arts (arts or skills that require public performance)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Perform a work for the first time
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
premier; premiere
Hypernyms (to "premier" is one way to...):
do; execute; perform (carry out or perform an action)
Domain category:
performing arts (arts or skills that require public performance)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They will premier the duet
Context examples
We are now going to interview Lord Holdhurst, the cabinet minister and future premier of England.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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