Find the word definition

Crossword clues for debut

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
debut
I.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
directorial
▪ Chris Menges' directorial debut which received critical acclaim and festival awards throughout the world.
full
▪ The scorer, teenager Kevin Horlock, who was making his full league debut.
▪ But Liverpool equalised as Ndah's full debut ended in disaster.
▪ Ipswich v Newcastle Ipswich's ex-Norwich winger Donowa makes his full League debut for his home-town team.
▪ Meanwhile, 18-year-old full-back Michael Gray stands by for his full League debut at Southend.
impressive
▪ Guillaume makes an impressive debut and with more interesting material, his scenes with Anne Brochet would have set the screen alight.
▪ His performance ruined an impressive home debut by Dikembe Mutombo, who finished with 21 points and 16 rebounds.
▪ Sparse and graphic; an impressive debut.
international
▪ The big defender made his international debut in 1987 under Bobby Robson, and won 66 caps.
▪ The 28-year old made his international debut against Costa Rica in 1994 and has 33 caps to his name.
▪ Toopi, on his international debut, put Maori ahead after 11 minutes with the first of his two tries.
▪ I thought that he had a good international debut.
▪ Occupation: Construction worker. International debut: v New Zealand 1990.
professional
▪ Williams, who made her professional debut two years ago at this tournament, will face Brenda Schultz-McCarthy.
▪ He made his professional debut as a composer in 1953 with a commission from the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
seasonal
▪ He won on his seasonal debut at Chepstow last month and wasn't at all disgraced when third at Ascot the other day.
▪ He made a satisfactory seasonal debut at Newbury the other day.
▪ On his seasonal debut he was beaten six lengths by the very fit Cruising Altitude.
senior
▪ Omagh gave a senior debut to 16-year-old Aidan Coyle, no relation to departed striker Liam.
■ NOUN
album
▪ Acting on instinct, he decided to make their debut album something better than the usual cash-in of the time.
▪ A really fine debut album by a local jazz player who seldom gets any ink.
▪ The front cover of Dry, their debut album, captures Harvey's lipsticked mouth smudged against glass.
▪ The single is from their debut album and they wrote and produced it themselves.
▪ With their debut album for the superb independent label Dorado, D*Note are going to go clear.
▪ It was six months before their debut album was in the shops and by that time public interest in them had waned.
▪ If the debut album wasn't enough to send such theories flying towards the bin, tonight deals them a death-blow.
cup
▪ The 18-year-old midfielder is in line for his Cup debut in place of Cup-tied Craig Hignett.
▪ O'Connor made his World Cup debut in 1974 and Rafferty has made seven appearances.
home
▪ New boy John Byrne makes his home debut together with Matt Elliott.
▪ His performance ruined an impressive home debut by Dikembe Mutombo, who finished with 21 points and 16 rebounds.
▪ And they don't make their home debut until April 30.
▪ Vinnies home debut, came on as sub to huge cheers.
▪ That means a home debut for Brett Williams on loan from Nottingham Forest.
▪ Southend ruined manager Peter Shilton's home debut for Plymouth, who went to the bottom.
▪ When Nicholas returned to Parkhead to play his home debut in a showpiece friendly against Everton he was greeted with rapturous applause.
league
▪ The scorer, teenager Kevin Horlock, who was making his full league debut.
▪ Turner, who made his League debut on opening day, played for the youth team last week.
▪ Ipswich v Newcastle Ipswich's ex-Norwich winger Donowa makes his full League debut for his home-town team.
▪ Meanwhile, 18-year-old full-back Michael Gray stands by for his full League debut at Southend.
▪ Wilkinson made his League debut for Grimsby as a teenager and scored after five minutes against Charlton Athletic.
test
▪ West Indies' second innings saviour: Jimmy Adams, on his Test debut, making a defiant and unbeaten 79.
■ VERB
act
▪ Barone, in his acting debut, does a serviceable job.
direct
▪ Hall, in his directing debut, has created an effective mix of comedy, drama and action.
make
▪ Northerns made their debut a week later at the same venue and defeated Transvaal 22-14.
▪ He made his professional debut as a composer in 1953 with a commission from the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
▪ Cycling: Mountain biking makes its Olympic debut.
▪ Another aspect of the times had made its debut.
▪ Well, 14-year-old Delgado makes his Wimbledon debut as one this summer.
▪ The Darling Buds Of May beauty looked tastier than ever when she made her debut as a waitress.
▪ And they don't make their home debut until April 30.
mark
▪ Robinson might have marked his debut with a bucketful, but instead had to watch just about everybody else score.
record
▪ Whipping Boy have just finished recording their debut album in Sun Studios, Dublin.
▪ From there he set about recording his solo debut.
▪ Baptiste's recording debut as leader is magnificent.
score
▪ After scoring his spectacular debut goal, Pollock ran over towards Middlesbrough's travelling fans and did a somersault.
set
▪ Liverpool's latest recruit Stig Inge Bjornbye is set for a dramatic debut next week after receiving a work permit.
▪ The ex-CSKA Moscow goalkeeper is set to make his debut for the reserves against Oxford tonight.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ "Little Man Tate" was Jodie Foster's directorial debut.
▪ Charlie Chaplin made his film debut in 1913.
▪ Their debut album was recorded in 1991.
▪ This is his debut for his new club, Manchester United.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ As a fourteen-year-old she had made her debut in a particularly sophisticated team, and went on to appear on Broadway.
▪ Both players will be making their debuts.
▪ Hall, in his directing debut, has created an effective mix of comedy, drama and action.
▪ He made 45 on his debut against Sefton and then 82 against Liverpool.
▪ No film technician arranging the special effects for an adventure film could have created a more spectacular debut.
▪ Nobody seemed to have any doubt that Pencader would trounce his rivals on his debut at Newbury last month.
II.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
make
▪ He made his Kings debut Saturday, but his back stiffened up afterward.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The show will debut Monday night at 8 p.m.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ She also debuts on the collectors' Web site, www. barbie. com.
▪ The show debuts at 8 p. m. on Feb. 23 and runs through March 3.
▪ To keep pace with the popularity of skating, Collins is debuting a 15-show winter mini-tour at East Coast venues on Wednesday.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
debut

1751, from French début "first appearance," a figurative use from débuter "make the first stroke at billiards," also "to lead off at bowls" (a game akin to bowling), 16c., from but "mark, goal," from Old French but "end" (see butt (n.3)). The verb is first attested 1830.\n\nDébut can only be pronounced as French, and should not be used by anyone who shrinks from the necessary effort.

[Fowler]

Wiktionary
debut

n. A performer's first-time performance to the public. vb. 1 (context transitive chiefly US English) to formally introduce, as to the public 2 (context intransitive English) to make one's initial formal appearance

WordNet
debut
  1. n. the act of beginning something new; "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line" [syn: introduction, first appearance, launching, unveiling, entry]

  2. the presentation of a debutante in society

  3. v. present for the first time to the public; "The and debuts a new song or two each month"

  4. appear for the first time in public; "The new ballet that debuts next months at Covent Garden, is already sold out"

  5. make one's debut; "This young soprano debuts next months at the Metropolitan Opera"

Wikipedia
Debut (Björk album)

Debut is the first international solo studio album by Icelandic recording artist Björk. The album was released in July 1993 on One Little Indian and Elektra Records, and was produced by Björk in collaboration with artist Nellee Hooper. Her first recording following the dissolution of her previous band the Sugarcubes, the album departed from the rock-oriented style of her previous work and instead drew on an eclectic variety of styles across electronic pop, house music, jazz and trip hop.

Debut received widespread critical acclaim from British music critics, though United States reviewers doled out more mixed reviews. Upon its initial release, the album sold far greater than her label predicted, charting at number three in the United Kingdom and 61 in the United States. It was certified gold in Canada and platinum in the United States, where it remains her best-selling album to date.

Five singles were released from Debut: " Human Behaviour", " Venus as a Boy", " Play Dead", " Big Time Sensuality" and " Violently Happy". All five singles charted in the United Kingdom with only "Human Behaviour", "Violently Happy" and "Big Time Sensuality" charting on dance and modern rock charts in the United States.

Debut

A debut is the first public appearance of a person or thing.

Debut may also refer to:

  • Philippine Debut, a coming-of-age celebration for Filipino women
  • Debut, the introduction of young upper class women, debutantes, to society
Debut (Zoë album)

Debut is the debut studio album by Austrian singer, songwriter, and actress Zoë (full name Zoë Straub). The album was released on 23 October 2015 through Global Rockstar Music.

Usage examples of "debut".

Eisenhower beat his Democratic rival, Adlai Stevenson, in the US presidential election, and in Hollywood, one of the few bright moments in a dull year was the debut appearance of a stunning blond starlet named Marilyn Monroe.

Certainly her resolve to send the younger Arabella to make her debut into society under the aegis of Lady Bridlington was of no very recent date.

So I continued to dance in Human, and for the whole cycloramic world of sea and sunset-but began subtly aiming it at the sea lions, as though they were the two important critics in a packed theatre, or my actual grandparents come to see my solo debut.

In May, along with narcissus and lilacs, the Hungarian dermatologist made his debut.

Lucy could remember the Sabbath when two men failed the test and lay writhing on the floor, felled by an Eastern diamondback that was making his debut appearance.

Having made its debut appearance in the dictionary in 1929, this rather arcane notion of foreplay has remained strangely static.

Vaughan Williams dies just after the debut of his final symphony, a last holdout against Boulez and Berio.

Thelesis de Mornay would debut her epic verses, in praise of bride and groom alike.

As we saw in the last chapter, Shiga was associated with the patrician White Birch school of writers who made their debut about 1910, and devoted himself as a writer to a minute analysis and re-analysis of his emotional life and psyche and of his relations with his father, his wife, and others close to him.

La Svengali chose to make her debut before the most critical audience in the world!

Elsie bravely insisted that I attend the American Booksellers Association Convention in San Francisco, where the DAW hardcover list was being debuted with special bound galleys, and where I was planning to meet Tad for the first time.

His literary debut was an overpraised adult novel of an indisputably literary sort.

She devoured, without skipping a work, all the accounts of first nights, races, and soirees, took interest in the debut of a singer, in the opening of a new shop.

Once More into the Breeches had become very popular since its Trinity College debut.

I'm the Contributing Writer for Infernal, an on-line publication that will be debuting in June.