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

There was a small onboard spa, and the spa manager – who offered massages, facials and other treatments – remembered my name after meeting her just once the first night of the cruise. —Nathan Diller, USA Today, 25 May 2026

Thursday night was Tom’s first night in the RV. —Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 May 2026

The first night showcase will feature Columbia graduate Greta Diaz Moreau with Loquita Por Ti; Becoming, from Chapman graduate Aidan Forte; NYU graduate Harold Kahane’s The Alternative Resolution; UT-Austin graduate India Opzoomer’s Poster Boy; and Dongmei, from NYU graduate Rubing Zhang. —Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026

And therefore the Chiefs could be playing their most important game of their regular season on the first night of their regular season. —Sam McDowell May 19, Kansas City Star, 19 May 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