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First Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of First? [n] the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first base [n] the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving [n] (Great Britain) an honours degree of the highest class [n] the first element in a countable series; "the first of the month" [n] the first or highest in an ordering or series; "He wanted to be the first" [n] the time at which something begins; "They got an early start" [adv] before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake" [adv] the initial time; "when Felix first saw a garter snake" [adv] prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost" [adv] before another in time, space, or importance; "I was here first"; "let's do this job first" [adj] being the gear producing the lowest drive speed; "use first gear on steep hills" [adj] ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate" [adj] serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse" [adj] 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" [adj] 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" [adj] (music) highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections; "first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn" [adj] indicating the beginning unit in a series Synonyms \| Synonyms for First: 1st \| archetypal \| archetypical \| basic \| beginning \| beginning(a) \| best \| commencement \| eldest \| first base \| first gear \| first of all \| first off \| firstborn \| first-class honours degree \| firstly \| first-year \| for the first time \| foremost \| foremost \| forward \| freshman \| inaugural \| initial \| initiative \| initiatory \| introductory \| kickoff \| low \| low \| low gear \| maiden \| number 1 \| number one \| number one \| offset \| oldest \| opening \| ordinal \| original \| outset \| premier \| premier(a) \| premiere \| prime(a) \| prototypal \| prototypic \| prototypical \| start \| starting time \| top(a) Related Terms \| Find terms related to First: ab initio \| ab ovo \| aborigine \| ahead \| alpha \| antecedent \| anterior \| anticipatory \| arch \| at first \| at the start \| banner \| basic \| before \| before everything \| beforehand \| beginning \| blue ribbon \| breaking-in \| by choice \| by election \| by vote \| capital \| cardinal \| central \| champion \| chief \| chiefly \| ci-devant \| commencement \| crowning \| dominant \| earlier \| earliest \| early \| elder \| elementary \| eminent \| essential \| exordial \| first and foremost \| first blush \| first glance \| first impression \| first inning \| first lap \| first move \| first place \| first round \| first sight \| first stage \| first step \| first thing \| firstly \| focal \| fore \| foregoing \| forehand \| foremost \| former \| forward \| from the beginning \| front \| frontal \| fundamental \| gambit \| great \| head \| heading \| headmost \| hegemonic \| highest \| in advance \| in front \| in preference \| in the beginning \| in the forefront \| in the foreground \| in the front \| in the lead \| inaugural \| inception \| initial \| initially \| initiative \| initiatory \| key \| le premier pas \| leading \| least \| magisterial \| maiden \| main \| mainly \| master \| measly \| older \| oldest \| opening \| opening move \| original \| originally \| outset \| outstanding \| overruling \| paramount \| pioneer \| precedent \| preceding \| precessional \| precurrent \| precursory \| predominant \| preeminent \| preexistent \| prefatory \| preferably \| preliminary \| preludial \| prelusive \| premier \| preparatory \| preponderant \| prevailing \| prevenient \| previous \| primal \| primarily \| primary \| prime \| primitiveness \| primitivity \| primo \| primogenial \| primordial \| principal \| principally \| prior \| pristine \| proemial \| propaedeutic \| ranking \| rather \| rather than \| ruling \| senior \| slight \| slightest \| slim \| smallest \| sooner \| sooner than \| sovereign \| star \| start \| stellar \| supereminent \| supreme \| to the fore \| to the front \| topflight \| trifling \| triumph \| trivial \| up ahead \| victory \| warming-up \| win See Also \| auto \| automobile \| baseball team \| birth \| car \| double first \| early \| former \| front(a) \| gear \| gear mechanism \| honours \| honours degree \| incipience \| incipiency \| machine \| motorcar \| no. \| ordinal \| ordinal number \| point \| point in time \| position \| primary \| rank \| starting point \| terminus a quo \| threshold First In Webster's Dictionary \First\, a. [OE. first, furst, AS. fyrst; akin to Icel. fyrstr, Sw. & Dan. f["o]rste, OHG. furist, G. f["u]rst prince; a superlatiye form of E. for, fore. See {For}, {Fore}, and cf. {Formeer}, {Foremost}.] 1. 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. 2. Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others. 3. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest; as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece. {At first blush}. See under {Blush}. {At first hand}, from the first or original source; without the intervention of any agent. It is the intention of the person to reveal it at first hand, by way of mouth, to yourself. --Dickens. {First coat} (Plastering), the solid foundation of coarse stuff, on which the rest is placed; it is thick, and crossed with lines, so as to give a bond for the next coat. {First day}, Sunday; -- so called by the Friends. {First floor}. (a) The ground floor. [U.S.] (b) The floor next above the ground floor. [Eng.] {First} {fruit or fruits}. (a) The fruits of the season earliest gathered. (b) (Feudal Law) One year's profits of lands belonging to the king on the death of a tenant who held directly from him. (c) (Eng. Eccl. Law) The first year's whole profits of a benefice or spiritual living. (d) The earliest effects or results. See, Father, what first fruits on earth are sprung From thy implanted grace in man! --Milton. {First mate}, an officer in a merchant vessel next in rank to the captain. {First name}, same as {Christian name}. See under {Name}, n. {First officer} (Naut.), in the merchant service, same as {First mate} (above). {First sergeant} (Mil.), the ranking non-commissioned officer in a company; the orderly sergeant. --Farrow. {First watch} (Naut.), the watch from eight to twelve at midnight; also, the men on duty during that time. {First water}, the highest quality or purest luster; -- said of gems, especially of diamond and pearls. Syn: Primary; primordial; primitive; primeval; pristine; highest; chief; principal; foremost. \First\, adv. Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.; -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles. Adam was first formed, then Eve. --1 Tim. ii. 13. {At first}, {At the first}, at the beginning or origin. {First or last}, at one time or another; at the beginning or end. And all are fools and lovers first or last. --Dryden. \First\, n. (Mus.) The upper part of a duet, trio, etc., either vocal or instrumental; -- so called because it generally expresses the air, and has a pre["e]minence in the combined effect.

First Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of First?

[n] the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first base
[n] the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
[n] (Great Britain) an honours degree of the highest class
[n] the first element in a countable series; "the first of the month"
[n] the first or highest in an ordering or series; "He wanted to be the first"
[n] the time at which something begins; "They got an early start"
[adv] before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake"
[adv] the initial time; "when Felix first saw a garter snake"
[adv] prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost"
[adv] before another in time, space, or importance; "I was here first"; "let's do this job first"
[adj] being the gear producing the lowest drive speed; "use first gear on steep hills"
[adj] ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"
[adj] serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse"
[adj] 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"
[adj] 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"
[adj] (music) highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections; "first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn"
[adj] indicating the beginning unit in a series

First In Webster's Dictionary

\First\, a. [OE. first, furst, AS. fyrst; akin to Icel.
fyrstr, Sw. & Dan. f["o]rste, OHG. furist, G. f["u]rst
prince; a superlatiye form of E. for, fore. See {For},
{Fore}, and cf. {Formeer}, {Foremost}.]
1. 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.

2. Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others.

3. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest;
   as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.

{At first blush}. See under {Blush}.

{At first hand}, from the first or original source; without
   the intervention of any agent.

         It is the intention of the person to reveal it at
         first hand, by way of mouth, to yourself. --Dickens.

{First coat} (Plastering), the solid foundation of coarse
   stuff, on which the rest is placed; it is thick, and
   crossed with lines, so as to give a bond for the next
   coat.

{First day}, Sunday; -- so called by the Friends.

{First floor}.
   (a) The ground floor. [U.S.]
   (b) The floor next above the ground floor. [Eng.]

{First} {fruit or fruits}.
   (a) The fruits of the season earliest gathered.
   (b) (Feudal Law) One year's profits of lands belonging to
       the king on the death of a tenant who held directly
       from him.
   (c) (Eng. Eccl. Law) The first year's whole profits of a
       benefice or spiritual living.
   (d) The earliest effects or results.

             See, Father, what first fruits on earth are
             sprung From thy implanted grace in man!
                                               --Milton.

{First mate}, an officer in a merchant vessel next in rank to
   the captain.

{First name}, same as {Christian name}. See under {Name}, n.


{First officer} (Naut.), in the merchant service, same as
   {First mate} (above).

{First sergeant} (Mil.), the ranking non-commissioned officer
   in a company; the orderly sergeant. --Farrow.

{First watch} (Naut.), the watch from eight to twelve at
   midnight; also, the men on duty during that time.

{First water}, the highest quality or purest luster; -- said
   of gems, especially of diamond and pearls.

Syn: Primary; primordial; primitive; primeval; pristine;
     highest; chief; principal; foremost.


\First\, adv.
Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.;
-- much used in composition with adjectives and participles.

      Adam was first formed, then Eve.         --1 Tim. ii.
                                               13.

{At first}, {At the first}, at the beginning or origin.

{First or last}, at one time or another; at the beginning or
   end.

         And all are fools and lovers first or last.
                                               --Dryden.


\First\, n. (Mus.)
The upper part of a duet, trio, etc., either vocal or
instrumental; -- so called because it generally expresses the
air, and has a pre["e]minence in the combined effect.

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