world premiere

noun

: the first regular performance (as of a theatrical production) anywhere in the world

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At its December 2025 world premiere, Toyota introduced the GR GT, describing it as the flagship of the GR brand rather than simply another Toyota sports car. Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026 Family Movie is a family horror-comedy, co-directed by Bacon and Sedgwick and starring them and their children, that had its world premiere at the 2026 SXSW Film Festival. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2026 The embarrassing display was especially difficult for the scores of young performers who had been at the show’s lavish world premiere in Los Angeles just weeks before and who had considered the project their big break. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 10 July 2026 Meyers also supported his bro’-in-law’s project by flying to Madrid in May to attend the series’ world premiere. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for world premiere

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of world premiere was in 1910

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“World premiere.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/world%20premiere. Accessed 13 Jul. 2026.

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