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debut

UK/ˈdɛbjuː//deɪˈbjuː/

debut noun: a performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or some other area.

Noun

debut (plural debuts)

  1. A performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or some other area.
    • Liverpool's performance - despite a defensive injury crisis that saw a promising debut for teenage academy graduate John Flanagan - was a resounding advert for Kenny Dalglish to be given the manager's job on a permanent basis.2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2019
    • Hulking defenceman Gudbranson, who came to Vancouver in a trade with the Florida Panthers last May, scored in his debut for the Canucks.2016 September 29, Jason Keller, “Eberle-McDavid-Lucic line debuts in Oilers pre-season loss to Canucks”, in CBC, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2023
  2. (also, attributive) 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.
    • their long-anticipated debut album
  3. The first appearance of a debutante in society.
  4. (Philippines) The coming-of-age celebration of a woman's eighteenth birthday.

Verb

debut (third-person singular simple present debuts, present participle debuting, simple past and past participle debuted)

  1. (US, transitive) 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.2019 June 27, Lisa Respers France, “Country star Jake Owen claps back at anti-LGBTQ commenter”, in CNN
  2. (intransitive) 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.2020 April 8, “Fleet News: News in Brief”, in RAIL, page 29

debut meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

debut in Hindi

डेब्यू, पदार्पण

debut in Marathi

a performer's first-time performance to the public
पदार्पण padārpaṇ

debut in Urdu

آغاز کار, پہلی کارکردگی

debut in Bengali

a performer's first-time performance to the public
অভিষেক obhiśek
More languagesFewer languages
debut in Telugu
డెబ్యూ ḍebyū
debut in Malayalam
അരങ്ങേറ്റം, അരങ്ങേറ്റക്കാരൻ, നവാഗതൻ, കന്നിക്കാരൻ
debut in Kannada
ಮೊದಲಕಾಣ್ಕೆ, ಪ್ರಥಮ ಪರಿಚಯ, ರಂಗಪ್ರವೇಶ, ಚೊಚ್ಚಲ
debut in Punjabi
ਡੈਬਿਊ, ਡੈਬਿਊ ਕਰਨਾ
debut in Gujarati
ડેબ્યુ, પદાર્પણ
debut in Odia
ଡେବ୍ଯ଼ୁ, ଡେବ୍ଯ଼ୁ କରିବା
debut in Nepali
डेब्यू, डेब्यु, पदार्पण
debut in Indonesian
debut
debut in Persian
شروع به کار کردن
debut in Vietnamese
trình diễn, ra mắt

Examples of debut in a sentence

  • Their debut started slow, but bulleted to number six in its fourth week.
  • Sourav Ganguly scored an exquisite century in his debut Test match.
  • The band’s sophomore album built upon the success of their debut release, catapulting them to megastardom.

All 40 example sentences with debut

Forms of debut

Noun
pluraldebuts
alternative formdébut
Verb
third-person singular presentdebuts
present participledebuting
past participledebuted
pastdebuted

Past tense of debut: debuted

Plural of debut: debuts

Origin of debut

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”). Cognate with Old English butt (“tree stump”). More at butt. The Philippine sense is influenced by Spanish debut.

Words formed from debut

Questions about debut

What does debut mean?
Debut means a performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or some other area.
What is debut in Hindi?
Debut in Hindi is डेब्यू, पदार्पण. See Debut meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is debut?
Debut can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce debut?
Debut is pronounced /ˈdɛbjuː/ (UK).
What is the plural of debut?
The plural of debut is debuts.

Words near debut in the dictionary

  1. Debussyan
  2. Debussyans
  3. Debussysm
  4. Debussyst
  5. Debussysts
  6. debut
  7. debutant
  8. debutante
  9. debutantes
  10. debutantism
  11. debutants

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: debut (page history and authors); debut (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); debut (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); డెబ్యూ (Telugu) (page history and authors); debut (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); debut (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); debut (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); debut (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); debut (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); debut (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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