debutnoun
He made his acting debut in the role of a pompous schoolteacher.
Maazel studied in Pittsburgh, making his debut as a violinist in 1945 and as a conductor in 1953.
The singer has just made her debut on the West End stage.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

First and firstly
advance guard
at first blushidiom
at firstidiom
begin
blush
debut
former
from the word goidiom
front end
in the first/second placeidiom
inaugural
initial
maiden
originally
prefatory
primary
proto-
prototypical
starter
word