first
/fɪrst/ · noun
Meaning
- The person or thing in the first position.
- The first gear of an engine.
- Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.
- First base
- A first-class honours degree.
- A first-edition copy of some publication.
- Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
- Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.
- Before anything else; firstly.
- For the first time;
- Time; time granted; respite.
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