premieres

1. 1
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of premiere.

   Her documentary premieres at the festival next month, ahead of a wider release in the fall.

   The network premieres the show's final season in January.

   Note

   The verb runs in both directions: a documentary premieres at a festival, and a network premieres a show. In schedules and news it usually points ahead, with the simple present standing for a fixed future date, as in the series premieres next week or the final season premieres in January.

2. 2
   noun

   Plural of premiere.

   Red-carpet premieres in Los Angeles draw crowds of photographers and fans.

   The festival hosts the world premieres of several new operas each summer.

   Note

   Most often these are first showings: red-carpet film openings, new operas at a festival, the first episodes of a television season. A word in front often says which kind, as in world premieres, season premieres or movie premieres. Less often the plural names the leading women of a theatrical cast. The spelling doubles as the verb form, as in the film premieres tonight.

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