debut

1. 1.

   the act of beginning something new

   “they looked forward to the debut of their new product line”

   Synonymsintroductionfirst appearancelaunchingunveilingentry

   Broaderbeginning

   Narrowerinductionproduct introductionushering innaturalization
2. 2.

   the presentation of a debutante in society

   Broaderpresentation

Other forms of debut

plural

debuts·

past tense

debutted·

present participle

debutting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about debut

What does debut mean?

debut means "present for the first time to the public". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in debut?

debut has 2 syllables: de-but. The stress falls on "but". In IPA it is /deɪˈbju/.

What is another word for debut?

Close synonyms include introduction, first appearance, launching, unveiling, entry. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is debut a common word?

debut is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with debut?

1 word rhymes with debut. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.