PREMIERE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does premiere mean? 

• PREMIERE (noun)
  The noun PREMIERE has 1 sense:

1. the first public performance of a play or movie

  Familiarity information: PREMIERE used as a noun is very rare.

• PREMIERE (adjective)
  The adjective PREMIERE has 1 sense:

1. preceding all others in time

  Familiarity information: PREMIERE used as an adjective is very rare.

• PREMIERE (verb)
  The verb PREMIERE has 2 senses:

1. be performed for the first time

2. perform a work for the first time

  Familiarity information: PREMIERE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PREMIERE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The first public performance of a play or movie

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("premiere" is a kind of...):

performance; public presentation (a dramatic or musical entertainment)

Derivation:

premiere (perform a work for the first time)

premiere (be performed for the first time)

premiere (preceding all others in time)

• PREMIERE (adjective)

Sense 1

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)

Derivation:

premiere (the first public performance of a play or movie)

• PREMIERE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they premiere    ... he / she / it premieres   
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

Derivation:

premiere (the first public performance of a play or movie)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Perform a work for the first time

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

premier; premiere

Hypernyms (to "premiere" 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 premiere the duet

Derivation:

premiere (the first public performance of a play or movie)