FIRST
\fˈɜːst], \fˈɜːst], \f_ˈɜː_s_t]\
Definitions of FIRST
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the time at which something begins; "They got an early start"
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indicating the beginning unit in a series
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the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
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(Great Britain) an honours degree of the highest class
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the first element in a countable series; "the first of the month"
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the first or highest in an ordering or series; "He wanted to be the first"
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before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake"
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the initial time; "when Felix first saw a garter snake"
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ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"
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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"
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indicating the beginning unit in a series
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the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
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the first element in a countable series; "the first of the month"
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the first or highest in an ordering or series; "He wanted to be the first"
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before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake"
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the initial time; "when Felix first saw a garter snake"
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ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"
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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"
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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"
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highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections; "first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn"
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before another in time, space, or importance; "I was here first"; "let's do this job first"
By Princeton University
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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.
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Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others.
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Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest; as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.
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The beginning.
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Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.; - much used in composition with adjectives and participles.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others.
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Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest; as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.
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The beginning.
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Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.; - much used in composition with adjectives and participles.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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The beginning.
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The ordinal of one; foremost in place, rank, dignity, time, excellence, etc.; earliest; most important; chief.
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Before all others in order, place, rank, time, etc.; sooner.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Foremost; preceding all others in place, time, or degree; most eminent; chief.
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Before anything else, in time, space, rank, etc.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Before all others; earliest; nearest; leading; chief; best.
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That which is first.
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In the first place; earlier; rather; sooner.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Foremost in place, time, rank, dignity, or excellence.
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Before anything else in time, place, rank, consideration, &c. At first, at the beginning. First or last, at one time or another; at the beginning or end.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.