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PREMIER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The person who is head of government (in several countries)

Synonyms:

chancellor; premier; prime minister

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("premier" is a kind of...):

chief of state; head of state (the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "premier"):

taoiseach (the prime minister of the Irish Republic)

Derivation:

premier (first in rank or degree)

premiership (the office of premier)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom

Synonyms:

PM; premier; Prime Minister

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("premier" is a kind of...):

chief of state; head of state (the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government)

Holonyms ("premier" is a member of...):

British Cabinet (the senior ministers of the British government)

Derivation:

premier (first in rank or degree)

premiership (the office of premier)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Preceding all others in time

Example:

the premiere showing

Synonyms:

premier; premiere

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

first (preceding all others in time or space or degree)

Sense 2

Meaning:

First in rank or degree

Example:

the prime minister

Synonyms:

premier; prime

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

first (preceding all others in time or space or degree)

Derivation:

premier (the person who is head of government (in several countries))

premier (the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perform a work for the first time

Synonyms:

premier; premiere

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "premier" is one way to...):

do; execute; perform (carry out or perform an action)

Domain category:

performing arts (arts or skills that require public performance)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They will premier the duet

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be performed for the first time

Example:

We premiered the opera of the young composer and it was a critical success

Synonyms:

premier; premiere

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Domain category:

performing arts (arts or skills that require public performance)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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