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Noun
Definition: the first or highest in an ordering or series; "He wanted to be the first"
Definition: the first element in a countable series; "the first of the month"
Definition: 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"
Definition: 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)
Definition: the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
Definition: The person or thing in the first position.
Definition: Time; time granted; respite.
Adjective
Definition: 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"
Definition: 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"
Definition: ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"
Definition: highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections; "first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn"
Definition: Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
Adverb
Definition: before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake"
Definition: the initial time; "when Felix first saw a garter snake"
Definition: before another in time, space, or importance; "I was here first"; "let's do this job first"
Definition: Before anything else; firstly.