premiere
verb/ˈpremieə(r)/
/prɪˈmɪr/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they premiere | /ˈpremieə(r)/ /prɪˈmɪr/ |
| he / she / it premieres | /ˈpremieəz/ /prɪˈmɪrz/, /prɪˈmjɪrz/ |
| past simple premiered | /ˈpremieəd/ /prɪˈmɪrd/ |
| past participle premiered | /ˈpremieəd/ /prɪˈmɪrd/ |
| -ing form premiering | /ˈpremieərɪŋ/ /prɪˈmɪrɪŋ/ |
- premiere (something) to perform a play or piece of music or show a film to an audience for the first time; to be performed or shown to an audience for the first time
- The play was premiered at the Birmingham Rep in 2014.
- His new movie premieres in New York this week.
Word Originlate 19th cent.: French première, feminine of premier ‘first’, from Latin primarius ‘principal’.
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