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first
ranking above all others
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adjective
ranking above all others
“was first in her class”
adjective
serving to begin
“the beginning canto of the poem”
adjective
serving to set in motion
“the magazine's inaugural issue”
adjective
preceding all others in time or space or degree
“the first house on the right”
adjective
highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections
“first soprano”
adverb
before anything else
“first we must consider the garter snake”
adverb
the initial time
“when Felix first saw a garter snake”
adverb
prominently forward
“he put his best foot foremost”
adverb
before another in time, space, or importance
“I was here first”
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)
noun
the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
noun
an honours degree of the highest class
noun
the first element in a countable series
“the first of the month”
noun
the first or highest in an ordering or series
“He wanted to be the first”
noun
the time at which something is supposed to begin
“they got an early start”
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was first in her class
the foremost figure among marine artists
the beginning canto of the poem
the first verse
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
the first house on the right
the first day of spring
his first political race
her first baby
the first time
first soprano
the first violin section
played first horn
first we must consider the garter snake
when Felix first saw a garter snake
he put his best foot foremost
I was here first
let's do this job first
the first of the month
He wanted to be the first
they got an early start
she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
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