first

Adjective
  1. Preceding all others in time or space or degree (synset 301014459)
    "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"
    also:
    • front - relating to or located in the front
    • early - at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
    • original - being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of
    • primary - of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
    similar to:
  2. Indicating the beginning unit in a series (synset 302209716)
    similar to: ordinal - being or denoting a numerical order in a series
    same as: 1st
  3. Serving to set in motion (synset 301012940)
    "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 to: opening - first or beginning
    same as: inaugural, initiative, initiatory, maiden
  4. Serving to begin (synset 301012803)
    "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse"
    similar to: opening - first or beginning
    same as: beginning
  5. Ranking above all others (synset 300229886)
    "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"
    similar to: best - (superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities
    same as: foremost, world-class
  6. Highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections (synset 301019807)
    "first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn"
    referred to in: music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
Noun
  1. The first or highest in an ordering or series (synset 113868396)
    "He wanted to be the first"
    is a type of: rank - relative status
    subtypes: former - the first of two or the first mentioned of two
    same as: number one
  2. The first element in a countable series (synset 113618687)
    "the first of the month"
    is a type of: no., ordinal, ordinal number - the number designating place in an ordered sequence
    same as: number 1, number one
  3. The time at which something is supposed to begin (synset 115290329)
    "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
    is a type of: point, point in time - an instant of time
    subtypes:
    same as: beginning, commencement, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time
  4. 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) (synset 100724798)
    is a type of: position - (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
    belongs to: baseball team - a team that plays baseball
    same as: first base
  5. An honours degree of the highest class (synset 106712932)
    domain region: britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
    is a type of: honours, honours degree - a university degree with honors
    subtypes: double first - a first-class honours degree in two subjects
    same as: first-class honours degree
  6. The lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle;
    Used to start a car moving (synset 103354857)
    is a type of: gear, gear mechanism - a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
    is a part of: auto, automobile, car, machine, motorcar - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
    same as: first gear, low, low gear
Adverb
  1. Before anything else (synset 400103286)
    "first we must consider the garter snake"
    same as: first of all, first off, firstly, foremost
  2. The initial time (synset 400104262)
    "when Felix first saw a garter snake"
  3. Before another in time, space, or importance (synset 400509461)
    "I was here first"; "let's do this job first"
  4. Prominently forward (synset 400256094)
    "he put his best foot foremost"
    same as: foremost

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