premiere
noun
a first public performance or showing of a play, opera, film, etc.
premieres
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pluralof premiere.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
premières
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pluralof première.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
premierenouna first public performance or showing of a play, opera, film, etc.
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Risk-aversion on the part of budget-conscious studio executives means many studios have preferred to launch films through their own tightly controlled premieres instead of at festivals, which provide no guarantee of rave reviews from critics.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Notable performances include the world premieres of a work choreographed by ex-New York City Ballet principal Jock Soto and a piece by contemporary dancer and choreographer Sidra Bell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Zainab, who is Muslim and wears a hijab, is also often one of the only people covering her hair at premieres, but she says finding ways to incorporate modest wear is part of the fun.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
“Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness” premieres at 9 p.m.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
By the second half of the twentieth century this was certainly not the case for premieres of new operas or symphonies.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Whereas Barber liked to spend weekends quietly tending to the racehorses he owns, Ulrich liked going to parties and premières.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 27, 2018
Now Morgan is asking us to spend ten more hours in the Queen’s company, with the sumptuous and surprisingly engrossing Netflix series “The Crown,” which premières today.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 4, 2016
He was mooching around film sets and premières, and the parts began rolling in.
From Economist ● Jun. 9, 2016
As I commented when Levine retired, the company’s record of world premières in the past forty years is embarrassing: only five of them, together with the American première of Nico Muhly’s “Two Boys.”
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 2, 2016
The so-called premières de modes frequently received more than 1,800 francs a year, while the apprêteuses received only from 15 to 20 sous a day.
From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Wilhelm Roscher
