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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun first has 6 senses
- first(n = noun.linkdef) number one - the first or highest in an ordering or series; "He wanted to be the first" has particulars: former
- first(n = noun.quantity) number 1, number one - the first element in a countable series; "the first of the month" is a kind of no., ordinal, ordinal number
- first(n = noun.time) beginning, commencement, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time - 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" has particulars: birth, incipience, incipiency, starting point, terminus a quo, threshold
- first(n = noun.act) first base - 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); is a kind of position
- first(n = noun.communication) first-class honours degree - an honours degree of the highest class; is a kind of honours, honours degree
- first(n = noun.artifact) first gear, low, low gear - the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving; is a part of auto, automobile, car, machine, motorcar
is a kind of rank
is a kind of point, point in time
is a member of baseball team
has particulars: double first
is a kind of gear, gear mechanism
Adverbial first has 4 senses
- first(r = adv.all) first of all, first off, firstly, foremost - before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake"
- first(r = adv.all) for the first time - the initial time; "when Felix first saw a garter snake"
- first(r = adv.all) - before another in time, space, or importance; "I was here first"; "let's do this job first"
- first(r = adv.all) foremost - prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost"
Adjective first has 6 senses
- first(a = adj.all) - 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" Antonym: last
- first(s = adj.all) 1st - indicating the beginning unit in a series;
- first(s = adj.all) inaugural, initiative, initiatory, 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"
- first(s = adj.all) beginning - serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse"
- first(s = adj.all) foremost, world-class - ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"
- first(a = adj.all) - highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections; "first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn" Antonym: second
CIDE DICTIONARY
first, a. [OE. first, furst, AS. fyrst; akin to Icel. fyrstr, Sw. & Dan. förste, OHG. furist, G. fÜrst prince; a superlatiye form of E. for, fore. See For, Fore, and cf. Formeer, Foremost.].
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others. [1913 Webster]
- Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest; as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece. [1913 Webster]"It is the intention of the person to reveal it at first hand, by way of mouth, to yourself.""See, Father, what first fruits on earth are sprung
From thy implanted grace in man!"
Syn. -- Primary; primordial; primitive; primeval; pristine; highest; chief; principal; foremost.
first, adv.
Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.; -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles. [1913 Webster]
"Adam was first formed, then Eve."
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"And all are fools and lovers first or last."
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first, n.
The upper part of a duet, trio, etc., either vocal or instrumental; -- so called because it generally expresses the air, and has a preëminence in the combined effect. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
first, adj., n., & adv.
--adj.
1 a earliest in time or order. b coming next after a specified or implied time (shall take the first train; the first cuckoo).
2 foremost in position, rank, or importance (First Lord of the Treasury; first mate).
3 Mus. performing the highest or chief of two or more parts for the same instrument or voice.
4 most willing or likely (should be the first to admit the difficulty).
5 basic or evident (first principles).
--n.
1 (prec. by the) the person or thing first mentioned or occurring.
2 the first occurrence of something notable.
3 a a place in the first class in an examination. b a person having this.
4 the first day of a month.
5 first gear.
6 a first place in a race. b the winner of this.
7 (in pl.) goods of the best quality.
--adv.
1 before any other person or thing (first of all; first and foremost; first come first served).
2 before someone or something else (must get this done first).
3 for the first time (when did you first see her?).
4 in preference; rather (will see him damned first).
5 first-class (I usually travel first).
--adj.
1 a earliest in time or order. b coming next after a specified or implied time (shall take the first train; the first cuckoo).
2 foremost in position, rank, or importance (First Lord of the Treasury; first mate).
3 Mus. performing the highest or chief of two or more parts for the same instrument or voice.
4 most willing or likely (should be the first to admit the difficulty).
5 basic or evident (first principles).
--n.
1 (prec. by the) the person or thing first mentioned or occurring.
2 the first occurrence of something notable.
3 a a place in the first class in an examination. b a person having this.
4 the first day of a month.
5 first gear.
6 a first place in a race. b the winner of this.
7 (in pl.) goods of the best quality.
--adv.
1 before any other person or thing (first of all; first and foremost; first come first served).
2 before someone or something else (must get this done first).
3 for the first time (when did you first see her?).
4 in preference; rather (will see him damned first).
5 first-class (I usually travel first).
Idiom
at first at the beginning. at first hand directly from the original source. first aid help given to an injured person until proper medical treatment is available. first and last taking one thing with another, on the whole. first blood see BLOOD. first-born adj. eldest.
--n. the eldest child of a person. First Cause the Creator of the universe. first class
1 a set of persons or things grouped together as the best.
2 the best accommodation in a train, ship, etc.
3 the class of mail given priority in handling.
4 a the highest division in an examination list. b a place in this.
first-class adj.
1 belonging to or travelling by the first class.
2 of the best quality; very good.
--adv. by the first class (travels first-class). first cousin see COUSIN. first-day cover an envelope with stamps postmarked on their first day of issue. first-degree Med. denoting burns that affect only the surface of the skin, causing reddening. first finger the finger next to the thumb. first floor see FLOOR. first-foot Sc. n. the first person to cross a threshold in the New Year.
--v.intr. be a first-foot. first-fruit (usu. in pl.)
1 the first agricultural produce of a season, esp. as offered to God.
2 the first results of work etc.
3 hist. a payment to a superior by the new holder of an office. first gear see GEAR. first intention see INTENTION. First Lady (in the US) the wife of the President. first lesson the first of several passages from the Bible read at a service in the Church of England. first lieutenant US an army or air force officer next below captain. first light the time when light first appears in the morning. first mate (on a merchant ship) the officer second in command to the master. first name a personal or Christian name. first night the first public performance of a play etc. first-nighter a habitual attender of first nights. first off US colloq. at first, first of all. first offender a criminal against whom no previous conviction is recorded. first officer the mate on a merchant ship. first or last sooner or later.
first past the post
1 winning a race etc. by being the first to reach the finishing line.
2 (of an electoral system) selecting a candidate or party by simple majority (see also proportional representation, single transferable vote). first person see PERSON. first post see POST(3). first-rate adj. of the highest class, excellent.
--adv. colloq.
1 very well (feeling first-rate).
2 excellently. first reading the occasion when a Bill is presented to a legislature to permit its introduction. first refusal see REFUSAL. first school Brit. a school for children from 5 to 9 years old. first sergeant US the highest-ranking non-commissioned officer in a company. first-strike denoting a first aggressive attack with nuclear weapons. first thing colloq. before anything else; very early in the morning (shall do it first thing). the first thing even the most elementary fact or principle (does not know the first thing about it). first things first the most important things before any others (we must do first things first). first up Austral. first of all; at the first attempt. from the first from the beginning. from first to last throughout. get to first base US achieve the first step towards an objective. in the first place as the first consideration. of the first water see WATER.
--n. the eldest child of a person. First Cause the Creator of the universe. first class
1 a set of persons or things grouped together as the best.
2 the best accommodation in a train, ship, etc.
3 the class of mail given priority in handling.
4 a the highest division in an examination list. b a place in this.
first-class adj.
1 belonging to or travelling by the first class.
2 of the best quality; very good.
--adv. by the first class (travels first-class). first cousin see COUSIN. first-day cover an envelope with stamps postmarked on their first day of issue. first-degree Med. denoting burns that affect only the surface of the skin, causing reddening. first finger the finger next to the thumb. first floor see FLOOR. first-foot Sc. n. the first person to cross a threshold in the New Year.
--v.intr. be a first-foot. first-fruit (usu. in pl.)
1 the first agricultural produce of a season, esp. as offered to God.
2 the first results of work etc.
3 hist. a payment to a superior by the new holder of an office. first gear see GEAR. first intention see INTENTION. First Lady (in the US) the wife of the President. first lesson the first of several passages from the Bible read at a service in the Church of England. first lieutenant US an army or air force officer next below captain. first light the time when light first appears in the morning. first mate (on a merchant ship) the officer second in command to the master. first name a personal or Christian name. first night the first public performance of a play etc. first-nighter a habitual attender of first nights. first off US colloq. at first, first of all. first offender a criminal against whom no previous conviction is recorded. first officer the mate on a merchant ship. first or last sooner or later.
first past the post
1 winning a race etc. by being the first to reach the finishing line.
2 (of an electoral system) selecting a candidate or party by simple majority (see also proportional representation, single transferable vote). first person see PERSON. first post see POST(3). first-rate adj. of the highest class, excellent.
--adv. colloq.
1 very well (feeling first-rate).
2 excellently. first reading the occasion when a Bill is presented to a legislature to permit its introduction. first refusal see REFUSAL. first school Brit. a school for children from 5 to 9 years old. first sergeant US the highest-ranking non-commissioned officer in a company. first-strike denoting a first aggressive attack with nuclear weapons. first thing colloq. before anything else; very early in the morning (shall do it first thing). the first thing even the most elementary fact or principle (does not know the first thing about it). first things first the most important things before any others (we must do first things first). first up Austral. first of all; at the first attempt. from the first from the beginning. from first to last throughout. get to first base US achieve the first step towards an objective. in the first place as the first consideration. of the first water see WATER.
Etymology
OE fyrst f. Gmc
THESAURUS
first
ab initio, ab ovo, aborigine, ahead, alpha, antecedent, anterior, anticipatory, arch, at first, at the start, banner, basic, before, before everything, beforehand, beginning, blue ribbon, breaking-in, by choice, by election, by vote, capital, cardinal, central, champion, chief, chiefly, ci-devant, commencement, crowning, dominant, earlier, earliest, early, elder, elementary, eminent, essential, exordial, first and foremost, first blush, first glance, first impression, first inning, first lap, first move, first place, first round, first sight, first stage, first step, first thing, firstly, focal, fore, foregoing, forehand, foremost, former, forward, from the beginning, front, frontal, fundamental, gambit, great, head, heading, headmost, hegemonic, highest, in advance, in front, in preference, in the beginning, in the forefront, in the foreground, in the front, in the lead, inaugural, inception, initial, initially, initiative, initiatory, key, le premier pas, leading, least, magisterial, maiden, main, mainly, master, measly, older, oldest, opening, opening move, original, originally, outset, outstanding, overruling, paramount, pioneer, precedent, preceding, precessional, precurrent, precursory, predominant, preeminent, preexistent, prefatory, preferably, preliminary, preludial, prelusive, premier, preparatory, preponderant, prevailing, prevenient, previous, primal, primarily, primary, prime, primitiveness, primitivity, primo, primogenial, primordial, principal, principally, prior, pristine, proemial, propaedeutic, ranking, rather, rather than, ruling, senior, slight, slightest, slim, smallest, sooner, sooner than, sovereign, star, start, stellar, supereminent, supreme, to the fore, to the front, topflight, trifling, triumph, trivial, up ahead, victory, warming-up, winROGET THESAURUS
first
Beginning
N beginning, commencement, opening, outset, incipience, inception, inchoation, introduction, alpha, initial, inauguration, debut, le premier pas, embarcation, rising of the curtain, maiden speech, outbreak, onset, brunt, initiative, move, first move, narrow end of the wedge, thin end of the wedge, fresh start, new departure, origin, source, rise, bud, germ, egg, rudiment, genesis, primogenesis, birth, nativity, cradle, infancy, start, inception, creation, starting point, dawn, evolution, title-page, head, heading, van, caption, fatihah, entrance, entry, inlet, orifice, mouth, chops, lips, porch, portal, portico, propylon, door, gate, gateway, postern, wicket, threshold, vestibule, propylaeum, skirts, border, first stage, first blush, first glance, first impression, first sight, rudiments, elements, outlines, grammar, alphabet, ABC, beginning, initial, initiatory, initiative, inceptive, introductory, incipient, proemial, inaugural, inchoate, inchoative, embryonic, rudimental, primogenial, primeval, primitive, primordial, aboriginal, natal, nascent, first, foremost, leading, maiden, begun, just begun, at the beginning, in the beginning first, in the first place, imprimis, first and foremost, in limine, in the bud, in embryo, in its infancy, from the beginning, from its birth, ab initio, ab ovo, ab incunabilis, ab origine, let's get going!, let's get this show on the road!, up and at 'em!, aller Anfang ist schwer, dimidium facti qui coepit habet, omnium rerum principia parva sunt.
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