Premiere

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  premiere \premiere\ v. t.
     1. to perform (a play, ballet, or composition) for the first
        time.
  
     Syn: premier.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Premiere \Pre*mi[`e]re"\, a. fem. [F., prop. fem. of premier
     first. See {Premier}, a.]
     First; chief; as, a premi[`e]re danseuse. -- n. fem.; pl.
     {-mi[`e]res} (F. pre*my[^a]r").
     (a) The leading woman of a group, esp. in a theatrical cast.
     (b) A first performance, as of a play; a first night.
         [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  premiere \premiere\ v. i.
     1. to be performed for the first time; of a play, ballet,
        composition, movie, or other literary work.
  
     Syn: premier.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  premiere
       adj : preceding all others in time; "the premiere showing" [syn: {premier}]
       n : the first public performance of a play or movie
       v 1: be performed for the first time; "We premiered the opera of
            the young composer and it was a critical success" [syn:
            {premier}]
       2: perform a work for the first time [syn: {premier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "premiere":
     be a gas, be a hit, benefit, bill, bomb, debut, dramatize,
     entertainment, exhibit, exhibition, fail, farewell performance,
     feature, first, flesh show, flop, headline, initial, make a hit,
     melodramatize, mount, open, open a show, opening, original,
     performance, premiere, present, presentation, presentment, preview,
     produce, production, put on, scenarize, set the stage, show, stage,
     stage presentation, star, succeed, swan song,
     theatrical performance, theatricalize, try out, tryout