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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pre•miere /prɪˈmɪr, -ˈmyɛr/USA pronunciation n., v., -miered, -mier•ing, adj. n. [countable] - Show Businessa first public performance or showing of a play, etc.:the premiere of his new play.
v. - to (cause to) be presented publicly for the first time: [~ + object]premiered the new film.[no object]The act premiered in Boston.
- Show Business to perform (a part) publicly for the first time:[no object]She premiered as Ophelia in the Shakespeare festival.
adj. [before a noun] - premier.
See -prim-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pre•miere (pri mēr′, -myâr′),USA pronunciation n., v., -miered, -mier•ing, adj. n. - a first public performance or showing of a play, opera, film, etc.
- the leading woman, as in a drama.
v.t. - to present publicly for the first time:to premiere a new foreign film.
v.i. - to have the first public showing:It will premiere at the Arcadia Theater.
- to perform publicly for the first time, as in a particular role, entertainment medium, etc.:When does he premiere as Hamlet?
adj. - first;
initial; principal:a premiere showing; the premiere attraction of the evening.
- French première literally, first; feminine of premier premier
- 1890–95
pre•mière (pri mēr′, -myâr′; Fr. prə myer′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mières (-mērz′, -myârz′; Fr. -myer′),USA pronunciation v.t., v.i., -miered, -mier•ing, adj. - Foreign Termspremiere.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: premiere /ˈprɛmɪˌɛə; ˈprɛmɪə/ n - the first public performance of a film, play, opera, etc
- the leading lady in a theatre company
vb - to give or be the first public performance of
Etymology: 19th Century: from French, feminine of premier first |