premiere

Universal Words noun, verb noun the first public performance of a film/movie or play: the world premiere of his new play * The movie will have its premiere in July. verb to perform a play or piece of music or show a film/movie to an audience for the first time; to be performed or shown to an audience for the first time: [VN] The play was premiered at the Birmingham Rep in 1999. * [V] His new movie premieres in New York this week.