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

Food and drink Dinner on my first night was at Kanpai Sushi Lounge, the lobby-level spot downstairs from Anzu. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026

Brooklyn beat the Pacers 98-90 in Indianapolis on Sunday to improve to 1-5, on the first night of a back-to-back that ends at The Garden. — Kyle Wagner, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026

Macdonald wants a low-scoring, defense-first night, and that usually means a quieter stat line for the quarterback. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026

Outside, the city was tuning up for the first night of the weekend’s Halloween festivities. — Téa Obreht, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 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