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/fɜrst/
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  1. noun
    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)

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    first base
    type of:
    position
  2. adjective
    indicating the beginning unit in a series

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    1st ordinal
  3. adjective
    serving to set in motion
    "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"

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    inaugural initiative initiatory maiden opening
  4. adjective
    serving to begin
    "the first verse"

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    beginning opening
  5. noun
    the time at which something is supposed to begin

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    beginning commencement get-go kickoff offset outset showtime start starting time
    type of:
    point point in time
  6. adjective
    ranking above all others
    "was first in her class"

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    foremost world-class best
  7. adverb
    prominently forward

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    foremost
  8. noun
    the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving

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    first gear low low gear
  9. noun
    the first element in a countable series
    "the first of the month"

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    number 1 number one
  10. adverb
    before anything else
    "first we must consider the garter snake"

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    first of all first off firstly foremost
  11. noun
    the first or highest in an ordering or series
    "He wanted to be the first"

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    number one
    type of:
    rank
  12. noun
    an honours degree of the highest class

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    first-class honours degree
  13. adjective
    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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    second
  14. 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"

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    prototypical archetypal archetypical basic eldest first-year firstborn freshman initial introductory original premier premiere prime prototypal prototypic
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    last
Examples of first
  • "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"
  • "the first verse"
  • "was first in her class"
  • "the first of the month"
  • "first we must consider the garter snake"
  • "He wanted to be the first"
  • "first soprano"
  • "the first violin section"
  • "played first horn"
  • "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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