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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The ordinal number matching the number one in a series.
  • n. The one coming, occurring, or ranking before or above all others.
  • n. The beginning; the outset: from the first; at first.
  • n. Music The voice or instrument highest in pitch or carrying the principal part.
  • n. The transmission gear or corresponding gear ratio used to produce the range of lowest drive speeds in a motor vehicle.
  • n. The winning position in a contest: finished the season in first.
  • n. Baseball First base.
  • n. Baseball A first baseman.
  • adj. Corresponding in order to the number one.
  • adj. Coming before all others in order or location: the first house on your left.
  • adj. Occurring or acting before all others in time; earliest: the first day of spring.
  • adj. Ranking above all others, as in importance or quality; foremost: was first in the class.
  • adj. Music Being highest in pitch or carrying the principal part: first trumpet.
  • adj. Of, relating to, or being the transmission gear or corresponding gear ratio used to produce the range of lowest drive speeds in a motor vehicle.
  • adj. Of, related to, or being a member of the U.S. president's household: first daughter Amy Carter.
  • ad. Before or above all others in time, order, rank, or importance: arrived first; forgot to light the oven first.
  • ad. For the first time.
  • ad. Rather; preferably: would die first.
  • ad. In the first place; to begin with. See Usage Note at firstly.
  • idiom. off From the start; immediately: Why wasn't I told first off? When I get to work, I have to call my lawyer first thing.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having no predecessor. The ordinal number corresponding to one.
  • ad. Before anything else; firstly.
  • n. The person or thing in the first position.
  • n. The first gear of an engine.
  • n. Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.
  • n. first base
  • n. A first-class honours degree.
  • n. A first-edition copy of some publication.
  • n. A fraction of an integer ending in one. Oneth.
  • n. Time; time granted; respite.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest
  • adj. Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others.
  • adj. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.
  • ad. Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.; -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles.
  • n. The upper part of a duet, trio, etc., either vocal or instrumental; -- so called because it generally expresses the air, and has a preëminence in the combined effect.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Being before all others; being the initial unit or aggregate in order of occurrence or arrangement as to time, place, or rank: the ordinal of one.
  • Foremost in time; preceding all others of the kind in order of time: as, Adam was the first man; I was the first guest to arrive.
  • Foremost in place; before all others from the point of view or consideration: as, the first man in a rank or line.
  • Foremost in importance or estimation; before or superior to all others in character, quality, or degree: as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece; the part of first villain in a play; wheat of the first grade; specifically, in music, highest or chief among several voices or instruments of the same class: as, first alto; first horn.
  • Synonyms Primary, primordial, original, primitive, pristine, earliest. See comparison under primary.
  • Highest, chief, principal, capital, foremost, leading.
  • n. That which is first; the beginning. or that which makes or constitutes a beginning.
  • n. In music: The voice or instrument that takes the highest or chief part in its class, especially in an orchestra or chorus; a leader of a part or group of performers.
  • n. The interval and concord of the unison or prime. See unison and prime.
  • n. Same as first base (which see, above).
  • n. The highest rank in an examination for honors: as, he got a first in mathematics. See double-first.
  • n. Immediately.
  • Before all others in place or progression, rank, order of time, etc.
  • Hence Sooner; before doing or suffering (that is, so as not to do or suffer) some act or result: as, I will not do it, I will die first.
  • n. Time; time granted; respite: same as frist.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. serving to set in motion
  • ad. the initial time
  • n. the first element in a countable series
  • adj. serving to begin
  • ad. before anything else
  • ad. before another in time, space, or importance
  • adj. highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections
  • adj. indicating the beginning unit in a series
  • adj. ranking above all others
  • n. the first or highest in an ordering or series
  • n. 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)
  • adj. preceding all others in time or space or degree
  • n. an honours degree of the highest class
  • n. the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
  • ad. prominently forward
  • n. the time at which something is supposed to begin
  • Equivalent
    opening    ordinal    best    prototypical    prototypic    first-year    archetypal    introductory    prime    archetypical   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ordinal number    ordinal    no    position    gear    gear mechanism   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    principal    highest    primary    foremost    primordial    pristine    primitive    chief    primeval    earliest   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Hearst    Hurst    Merced    burst    coerced    conversed    cursed    disbursed    dispersed    durst   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    several    last    next    second    third    every    one    this    any    that