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first

/fˈɝst/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

adjective

  1. preceding all others in time or space or degree
    “the first house on the right”
  2. indicating the beginning unit in a series
  3. serving to set in motion
    “the magazine's inaugural issue”
  4. serving to begin
    “the beginning canto of the poem”
  5. ranking above all others
    “was first in her class”
  6. highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections
    “first soprano”

adverb

  1. before anything else
    “first we must consider the garter snake”
  2. the initial time
    “when Felix first saw a garter snake”
  3. before another in time, space, or importance
    “I was here first”
  4. prominently forward
    “he put his best foot foremost”

noun

  1. the first or highest in an ordering or series
    “He wanted to be the first”
  2. the first element in a countable series
    “the first of the month”
  3. the time at which something is supposed to begin
    “they got an early start”
  4. 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. an honours degree of the highest class
  6. the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving

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