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FIRST

Definition:

1. [adverb] before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake"
   Synonyms: ly, foremost, of all, off
   
   
2. [adverb] the initial time; "when Felix first saw a garter snake"
   Synonyms: for the time
   
   
3. [adverb] before another in time, space, or importance; "I was here first"; "let's do this job first"
   
   
4. [adverb] prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost"
   Synonyms: foremost
   
   
5. [noun] the first or highest in an ordering or series; "He wanted to be the first"
   Synonyms: number one
   
   
6. [noun] the first element in a countable series; "the first of the month"
   Synonyms: number one, number 1
   
   
7. [noun] 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"
   Synonyms: beginning, commencement, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset
   
   
8. [noun] the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first base
   Synonyms: base
   
   
9. [noun] an honours degree of the highest class
   Synonyms: -class honours degree
   
   
10. [noun] the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
    Synonyms: gear, low gear, low
    
    
11. [adjective] 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"
    
    
12. [adjective] indicating the beginning unit in a series
    Synonyms: 1st
    
    
13. [adjective] 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"
    Synonyms: inaugural, initiative, initiatory, maiden
    
    
14. [adjective] serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse"
    Synonyms: beginning
    
    
15. [adjective] ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"
    Synonyms: foremost, world-class
    
    
16. [adjective] highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections; "first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn"
    
    
17. [adjective] being the gear producing the lowest drive speed; "use first gear on steep hills"
    Synonyms: low
    
    

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Related Words:

• former
• birth
• incipiency, incipience
• terminus a quo, starting point
• threshold
• double first

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