first night

noun

: the night on which a theatrical production is first performed at a given place

also : the performance itself

Examples of first night in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On February 24, the first night of public access, the system created and distributed some 800,000 alerts, sending out notifications for swooping asteroids, exploding stars, flaring supermassive black holes and other transient celestial events. —Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 26 Feb. 2026

Osceola and Cleveland were originally scheduled to play Wednesday night at Osceola Heritage Park, where Osceola typically plays, on the first night of a back-to-back at the venue. —Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026

Playing without Brown, who sat out with a knee contusion on the first night of a back-to-back, Boston battered the shorthanded Suns 97-81 at the Mortgage Matchup Center to remain perfect on its West Coast road trip. —Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2026

Reese’s first night back wasn’t about production. —D’joumbarey Moreau, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1698, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for first night

• affright
• airtight
• albite
• alight
• alright
• aplite
• aright
• bainite
• birthright
• bobwhite
• bornite
• bullfight