The first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment, often held as a special event with celebrity guests, In a series of narrative works, the installment that is chronologically set first, adjective_ First or paramount; premier, The first public performance, as of a movie or play, intransitive verb_ To present the first public performance of, To have the first public performance, Of a film or play, to play for the first time, verb_ transitive To present a film or play for the first time