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PREMIERE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The first public performance of a play or movie
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("premiere" is a kind of...):
performance; public presentation (a dramatic or musical entertainment)
Derivation:
premiere (perform a work for the first time)
premiere (be performed for the first time)
premiere (preceding all others in time)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Preceding all others in time
Example:
the premiere showing
Synonyms:
premier; premiere
Classified under:
Similar:
first (preceding all others in time or space or degree)
Derivation:
premiere (the first public performance of a play or movie)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they premiere ... he / she / it premieres
Past simple: premiered
Past participle: premiered
-ing form: premiering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perform a work for the first time
Synonyms:
premier; premiere
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "premiere" is one way to...):
do; execute; perform (carry out or perform an action)
Domain category:
performing arts (arts or skills that require public performance)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They will premiere the duet
Derivation:
premiere (the first public performance of a play or movie)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Be performed for the first time
Example:
We premiered the opera of the young composer and it was a critical success
Synonyms:
premier; premiere
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Domain category:
performing arts (arts or skills that require public performance)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
premiere (the first public performance of a play or movie)
