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Definition of 'FIRST'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) first
being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of
one.

2.  first
highest or chief among several voices or instruments of the same class:
first alto; first horn.

3.  first
(often cap.) being a member of the household or an intimate acquaintance of the president of the U.S. or of the governor of a state:
the First Lady; Checkers, the first dog.

4. (adv.) first
before all others or anything else in time, order, rank, etc.

5.  first
before some other thing, event, etc.:
If you're going, phone first.

6.  first
for the first time.

7.  first
in preference to something else; rather; sooner:
I'd die first.

8.  first
in the first place; firstly.

9. (n.) first
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.

10.  first
the beginning.

11.  first
the first part; first member of a series.

12.  first
the voice or instrument that takes the highest or chief part in its class, esp. in an orchestra or chorus.

13.  first
low gear; first gear.

14.  first
the winning position or rank in a race or other competition.

15.  first
Usu., firsts.

16.  first
products of the highest quality or those produced without flaws.

Definition of 'FIRST'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) first, number one
the first or highest in an ordering or series
"He wanted to be the first"

2. (noun) first, number one, number 1
the first element in a countable series
"the first of the month"

3. (noun) beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset
the time at which something is supposed to begin
"they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"

4. (noun) first base, first
the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)

5. (noun) first, first-class honours degree
an honours degree of the highest class

6. (adj) first gear, first, low gear, low
the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving

7. (adj) first
preceding all others in time or space or degree
"the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training"

8. (adj) first, 1st
indicating the beginning unit in a series

9. (adj) inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first, maiden
serving to set in motion
"the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage"

10. (adj) beginning(a), first
serving to begin
"the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse"

11. (adj) first, foremost, world-class
ranking above all others
"was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"

12. (adverb) first
highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections
"first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn"

13. (adverb) first, firstly, foremost, first of all, first off
before anything else
"first we must consider the garter snake"

14. (adverb) first, for the first time
the initial time
"when Felix first saw a garter snake"

15. (adverb) first
before another in time, space, or importance
"I was here first"; "let's do this job first"

16. (adverb) foremost, first
prominently forward
"he put his best foot foremost"

Definition of 'FIRST'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (determiner) first
coming before all others
My first child is now 10 years old.; his first day on the job; her first thought every morning

2.  first
never having happened before
to go abroad for the first time; my first experience of classical music

3.  first
at first glance
the first time sb looks at sth
At first glance I thought he was a girl.

4. (adverb) first
before all other people or things
Who got to the party first?; First we have to talk to his parents.

5.  first
initially or originally
The paintings were first shown in Paris.

6.  first
at first
at the beginning
I felt shy at first.; At first nobody knew what was happening.

7.  first
first of all
before all other things
First of all we'll need to get all the equipment.

8.  first
most importantly
First of all, he doesn't even understand the problem.

9. (noun) first
sth never done before
Winning that game was a first for our team.

10.  first
a vehicle's lowest gear
Put the car in first.

11.  first
the highest level of undergraduate qualification
***She got a first in her degree.

12. (pronoun) first
the one that comes before all others
His second movie is not as good as his first.; She was the first to ask me that.; That was the first I'd heard of it.

Definition of 'FIRST'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) FIRST
preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign

2. (adj) FIRST
foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others

3. (adj) FIRST
most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest; as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece

4. (adverb) FIRST
before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.; -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles

5. (noun) FIRST
the upper part of a duet, trio, etc., either vocal or instrumental; -- so called because it generally expresses the air, and has a preeminence in the combined effect

Translation of 'FIRST'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: before all others in place, time or rank the first person to arrive; The boy spoke first.
Afrikaans: eerste	Arabic: الأوَّل	Bulgarian: пръв
Brazilian: primeiro	Czech: první	German: erst, zuerst
Danish: første; først	Greek: πρώτος	Spanish: primero
Estonian: esimene, esimesena	Farsi: اول	Finnish: ensimmäinen
French: premier, première	Hebrew: רִאשוֹן	Hindi: प्रथम, पहला
Croatian: prvi, na prvom mjestu	Hungarian: első	Indonesian: pertama
Icelandic: fyrstur	Italian: primo	Japanese: 最初の[]
Korean: 첫 째의	Lithuanian: pirmas	Latvian: pirmais
Malay: pertama	Dutch: eerst	Norwegian: først, som nummer én/den
Polish: (jako) pierwszy	Persian: اول	Pashto: لومړی
Portuguese: primeiro	Romanian: primul	Russian: первый
Slovak: prvý	Slovenian: prvi	Serbian: prvi
Swedish: först, första	Thai: เป็นอันดับที่หนึ่ง	Turkish: ilk
Taiwanese: 第一	Ukrainian: перший	Urdu: مقام میں سب سے پہلے
Vietnamese: thứ nhất; đầu tiên	Chinese: 第一
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