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

First in status or importance; principal or chief, Most ancient; -- said of the peer bearing the oldest title of his degree, preceding all others in time, verb_ perform a work for the first time, be performed for the first time, noun_ the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom, the person who is head of state (in several countries), The first minister of state; the prime or premier minister