first night

noun

: the night on which a theatrical production is first performed at a given place

also : the performance itself

Examples of first night in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Though neither will peak until July 30, tonight is the first night when shooting stars may grace the sky. —Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025

Kocourek entered as a bombshell on the first night and experienced early drama until Nudo walked into the villa as a bombshell two weeks into the show. —Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 4 July 2025

On the first night of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly meeting in Montreal in November 2024, protests turned violent with people throwing objects at police, lighting vehicles on fire and breaking windows, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Why Dayton? —Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025

The Chicago Bulls reached an agreement yesterday to re-sign point guard Tre Jones, bringing back a member of the 2024-25 roster on the first night of free agency. —Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1698, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for first night

• affright
• airtight
• albite
• alight
• alright
• aplite
• aright
• bainite
• birthright
• bobwhite
• bornite
• bullfight