debut

[dey-byoo, dih-, dey-byoo, deb-yoo] / deɪˈbyu, dɪ-, ˈdeɪ byu, ˈdɛb yu /

NOUN

first public appearance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appearance beginning inauguration introduction launching opener presentation

STRONG

admission bow entrance entree entrée graduating graduation incoming initiation

WEAK

coming out coming out party first step

Antonyms

STRONGEST

conclusion end ending finish

WEAK

closing finale

Example Sentences

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X-Energy made its stock-market debut in April through an initial public offering and has a market cap of about $11 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

If he rehabilitates successfully and develops his game after a fine debut season, he seems destined to become one of the world's leading strikers.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Harding, 50, who currently serves as director of Italy's Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, will make his Los Angeles debut in the 2027/2028 season.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Harding will begin a six-year contract for up to a dozen concerts a season, beginning in the fall of 2027, almost 30 years after the British prodigy made his U.S. debut conducting the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

She’d made her national team debut the year before at the Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup in Worcester, Massachusetts, where she won the all-around title.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

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