Premiering

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The act of presenting a new film, play, or show to an audience for the first time
2. Introducing a production or event to the public on its initial occasion
3. Debuting a creative work by making it available or visible for the first time

Etymology: The verb "premiering" is simply the -ing form of "premiere," so its real story lies in the noun it grows from. "Premiere" comes from French "première," the feminine form of the adjective meaning "first," and it carried that plain sense into English: the first performance of a play, film or piece of music. The word's whole meaning therefore rests on a single idea of being first, and the verb extends that idea to the act of staging that opening.

Synonyms: debuting, launching, introducing, showing, unveiling