Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The first public performance, as of a movie or play.
- intransitive verb To present the first public performance of.
- intransitive verb To have the first public performance.
- intransitive verb To make a first appearance in a public performance.
- adjective First or paramount; premier.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
first showing of afilm ,play or other form of entertainment, often held as a special event withcelebrity guests . - noun The first episode of a television show or a particular season of that show.
- noun In a series of narrative works, the installment that is chronologically set first.
- verb intransitive Of a film or play, to
play for the first time. - verb transitive To
present a film or play for the first time.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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One look at a dictionary confirms the headline and use of "premiere" is completely sound.
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The definition of "premiere" is "to present publicly for the first time."
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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."
Was a time traveler captured in footage of a Charlie Chaplin movie premiere? Jen Chaney 2010
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Well you heard it, the premiere is today so if your in for a zombie movie Tower City Cinemas awaits for you!
ZOMBIE NEWS: THEY ARE EVERYWHERE | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2009
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KenCen chamber players offer local Previn premiere, by Joe Banno
Links: Fellner's Beethoven and more Anne Midgette 2010
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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.
For the networks, early returns for returning shows look solid 2009
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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.
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Well you heard it, the premiere is today so if your in for a zombie movie Tower City Cinemas awaits for you!
ZOMBIE NEWS: THEY ARE EVERYWHERE | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2009
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The much anticipated The Twilight Saga: Eclipse premiere is almost here and we will be hosting a live stream of the red carpet arrivals!
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All plot and no point, the second-season premiere is chemistry - and humor-free.
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