debut
Forms
- Plural
- debuts
- present (v1)
- debut
- past (v2)
- debuted
- past participle (v3)
- debuted
- present participle
- debuting
- 3rd person singular
- debuts
Definitions
1.A performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or some other area.
- Hulking defenceman Gudbranson, who came to Vancouver in a trade with the Florida Panthers last May, scored in his debut for the Canucks.
2.The first public presentation of a theatrical play, motion picture, opera, musical composition, dance, or other performing arts piece.
- Since making its debut two years ago, the program has gained cult status.
3.The first appearance of a debutante in society.
4.The coming-of-age celebration of a woman's eighteenth birthday.
1.To formally introduce, as to the public.
- Amalgamated Software Systems debuted release 3.2 in Spring of 2004.
- He recently debuted a preview of his cover of Cher’s 1998 hit “Believe” on his official Instagram account.
2.To make one's initial formal appearance.
- Release 3.2 debuted to mixed reviews in Spring of 2004.
- The nine-car electric unit debuted on the 0630 Newcastle-London King's Cross.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4322
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
Borrowed from French début, from Middle French, derivative of débuter (“to move, begin”), from dé- + but (“mark, goal”), from Old French but (“aim, goal, end, target”), from Old French butte (“mound, knoll, target”), from Frankish *but (“stump, log”), or from Old Norse bútr (“log, stump, butt”); both from Proto-Germanic *butą (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to beat, push”).