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first and last

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. first and last, above alladverb

    taking everything together

    "she was first and last a scientist"

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  1. first and last

    Read the full text of the First And last poem by Kurt Philip Behm on the Poetry.com website.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of first and last in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of first and last in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of first and last in a Sentence

  1. Stella Chryssoulaki:

    A cemetery is a first and last photograph in antiquity of those people that pass from life to death.

  2. Johann von Goethe:

    The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth.

  3. Johann von Goethe:

    First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

  4. Edith Hamilton:

    He was, first and last, the born fighter, to whom the consciousness of being matched against a great adversary suffices and who can dispense with success. Life for him was an adventure, perilous indeed, but men are not made for safe havens. The fullness of life is in the hazards of life. And, at the worst, there is that in us which can turn defeat into victory.

  5. Peter Jackson:

    Benedict Cumberbatch-voiced said,' No, I don't want to meet you' and that's the first and last communication we've ever had with Christopher Tolkien.


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