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pre·miere

   [pri-meer, -myair] noun, verb, -miered, -mier·ing, adjective
noun
1.
a first public performance or showing of a play, opera, film, etc.
2.
the leading woman, as in a drama.
verb (used with object)
3.
to present publicly for the first time: to premiere a new foreign film.

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verb (used without object)
4.
to have the first public showing: It will premiere at the Arcadia Theater.
5.
to perform publicly for the first time, as in a particular role, entertainment medium, etc.: When does he premiere as Hamlet?
adjective
6.
first; initial; principal: a premiere showing; the premiere attraction of the evening.
Origin:
1890–95; < French première literally, first; feminine of premier premier

Can be confused: premier, premiere.
Example Sentences
  • Premiere has not met those targets and its growth in subscribers is well below what was expected.
  • Australian acquaintance of mine after returning from a night on the town with her husband for an entertainment industry premiere.
  • Episode two-”Instinct”-suffers from the same problems as the show's movie-length premiere.
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pre·mière

   [pri-meer, -myair; Fr. pruh-myer] noun, plural -mières  [-meerz, -myairz; Fr. -myer] , verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -miered, -mier·ing, adjective
premiere.
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premiere (ˈprɛmɪˌɛə, ˈprɛmɪə)
 
—n
1.  the first public performance of a film, play, opera, etc
2.  the leading lady in a theatre company
 
—vb
3.  to give or be the first public performance of
 
[C19: from French, feminine of premier first]

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premiere
1889, "first performance of a play," from Fr. première, in phrase première représentation, from fem. of O.Fr. premier "first" (see premier). The verb is recorded from 1940.
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