debut
or dé·but
- a first public appearance on a stage, on television, etc.
- the first appearance of something, as a new product.
- (of a young woman) a formal introduction and entrance into society, as at an annual ball.
- the beginning of a profession, career, etc.
- to make a debut, as in society or in a performing art: She decided to debut with several other violinists.
- to appear for the first time, as on the market: A new product will debut next month.
- to perform (something) for the first time before an audience: He didn't know when the orchestra would debut his new symphony.
- to place on the market for the first time; introduce.
- of, relating to, or constituting a first appearance: a debut performance; a debut record album.
Origin of debut
Related Words for debut
introduction, beginning, inauguration, appearance, presentation, opener, entrance, incoming, admission, graduation, bow, initiation, graduating, entreeExamples from the Web for debut
Contemporary Examples of debut
I enjoyed it, but thought it paled in comparison to their debut.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s GreatnessMarlow Stern
January 7, 2015
The brother of a girl who made her debut in New Orleans society was shaking his fists in excitement.
Forty-two years after its debut, The Godfather casts a long shadow over American cinema.
It was creative thinking like this that helped it debut at number one on Billboard Top Heatseekers Chart.
The classic film that opens with a tornado sweeping through a Kansas farm made its debut 75 years ago in 1939.
Historical Examples of debut
There will be no peace between us until I have made my debut.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
Never was debut so successful, as Chloe's first appearance in Camden Place.
The Widow's DogMary Russell Mitford
The occasion is that of a lifetime; it is their uniki, their debut.
Unwritten Literature of HawaiiNathaniel Bright Emerson
Emma made her toilet with the fastidious care of an actress on her debut.
Madame BovaryGustave Flaubert
I think that was not so very long after the Mikado made its debut.
A Portrait of Old George TownGrace Dunlop Ecker
debut
- the first public appearance of an actor, musician, etc, or the first public presentation of a show
- (as modifier)debut album
- the presentation of a debutante
- to make a debut
Word Origin for debut
Word Origin and History for debut
1751, from French début "first appearance," a figurative use from débuter "make the first stroke at billiards," also "to lead off at bowls" (a game akin to bowling), 16c., from but "mark, goal," from Old French but "end" (see butt (n.3)). The verb is first attested 1830.
Début can only be pronounced as French, and should not be used by anyone who shrinks from the necessary effort. [Fowler]