- the first public appearance of a performer or sports player
- He will make his debut for the first team this week.
- the band’s debut album
- She’s making her New York debut at Carnegie Hall.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDebut is used before these nouns:- album
- CD
- novel
- …
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from French début, from débuter ‘lead off’.Definitions on the go
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