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premiere

[ pri-meer, -myair ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, pre·miered, pre·mier·ing.

, pre·miered, pre·mier·ing.

to have the first public showing:
It will premiere at the Arcadia Theater.
to perform publicly for the first time, as in a particular role, entertainment medium, etc.:
When does he premiere as Hamlet?

first; initial; principal:
a premiere showing; the premiere attraction of the evening.

première

[ pri-meer, -myair; French pruh-myer ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

plural: premires [pri-, meerz, -, myairz, p, r, uh, -, myer],premired premiring

premiere

/ ˈprɛmɪə; ˈprɛmɪˌɛə /

First recorded in 1890–95; from French première literally, “first”; feminine of premier; premier

C19: from French, feminine of premier first

He's buy première classe tiquette for go on State some more.

They were to his sense always settled and stately, rehearsals of the première even more than rehearsals of the play.

The same author, Première expédition de Jeanne d'Arc, pp. 41 et seq.

Its hautè école was its pride, and it demanded for its première équestrienne the homage due to the great artists of the world.

It sometimes happens that at a première in London the least enjoyable part of the performance is the play.

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