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Meaning
Adj
●
Preceding all others of a
series
or kind; the
ordinal
of one; earliest.
●
Most
eminent
or
exalted
; most
excellent
;
chief
; highest.
●
Of or
belonging
to a first family.
●
Coming right after the
zeroth
in things that use
zero-based
numbering.
Adv
●
Before
anything else
; firstly.
●
For the first time.
●
In Hong Kong English & Southeast Asian English:
Now.
*
Noun
●
The person or
thing
in the first position.
●
The
first gear
of an engine.
●
Something that has never
happened
before; a new occurrence.
●
In Baseball:
first base
●
In British English:
A
first-class
honours
degree.
●
A first-edition
copy
of some publication.
●
A
fraction
whose (integer)
denominator
ends in
the
digit
1.
●
Time; time
granted
; respite.
Verb
●
To
propose
(a new
motion
) in a
meeting
, which must
subsequently
be seconded.
Name
●
A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
first
English
first
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
1st
Firste
Fyrst
Fyrste
Oneth
Outset
Initial
Aboriginal
Firstly
Front
Related
Last
Next
Best
Only
Second
One
Earliest
Primary
Beginning
Initially
New
Start
Original
Highest
Third
Most
Largest
2nd
Point
Then
Present
Former
Moment
Fourth
Consequently
Real
Biggest
Latest
A
Therefore
Previous
Glance
Namely
Right
Day
Thus
Specialist
Specifically
Forum
The
Year
Special
Debut
Class
Secondly
Strongest
Main
Game
One And Only
More
Rhymes
1st
Hurst
First
Curst
Durst
Kirst
Wurst
Cursed
Aburst
Thirst
Accurst
Athirst
Becursed
Dispersed
Traversed
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