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first

/ first /
adverb/adjective

Definitions & Examples

adverb Sense 1
before another in time, space, or importance
"I was here first"
"let''s do this job first"
adjective Sense 2
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"
Similar:
archetypal archetypical prototypal prototypic prototypical basic introductory initial
Opposites:
last intermediate
See also:
early front(a) original primary
adjective satellite Sense 3
indicating the beginning unit in a series
Similar:
ordinal
adverb Sense 4
before anything else
"first we must consider the garter snake"
adjective satellite Sense 5
ranking above all others
"was first in her class"
"the foremost figure among marine artists"
"the top graduate"
Similar:
best
adjective satellite Sense 6
being the gear producing the lowest drive speed
"use first gear on steep hills"
Similar:
forward
adverb Sense 7
the initial time
"when Felix first saw a garter snake"
noun Sense 8
the first or highest in an ordering or series
"He wanted to be the first"
Type of:
rank
Kinds of:
former
noun Sense 9
the first element in a countable series
"the first of the month"
Type of:
ordinal number ordinal no.
noun Sense 10
an honours degree of the highest class
Type of:
honours honours degree
Kinds of:
double first
Domain:
United Kingdom UK Great Britain
adjective Sense 11
highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections
"first soprano"
"the first violin section"
"played first horn"
Opposites:
second
Domain:
music
adverb Sense 12
prominently forward
"he put his best foot foremost"
adjective satellite Sense 13
serving to begin
"the beginning canto of the poem"
"the first verse"
Similar:
opening
noun Sense 14
the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
Type of:
gear gear mechanism
Has parts:
car auto automobile
noun Sense 15
the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first base
Type of:
position
Has parts:
baseball team
noun Sense 16
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"
Opposites:
middle end ending
Type of:
point point in time
Kinds of:
birth incipiency incipience terminus a quo starting point
Derived:
inaugurate kick off start take up start up
adjective satellite Sense 17
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"
Similar:
opening
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
17
Total Synonyms
13
Total Relationships
50
Times Searched
3
Relationship Distribution

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archetypal archetypical prototypal prototypic prototypical basic introductory initial last intermediate ordinal best