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English to English adjective
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preceding all others in time or space or degree |  | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections | | Example: first soprano
the first violin section
played first horn
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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indicating the beginning unit in a series | | source: wordnet30
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serving to set in motion | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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serving to begin | | Example: the beginning canto of the poem
the first verse
source: wordnet30
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ranking above all others | | Example: was first in her class
the foremost figure among marine artists
the top graduate
source: wordnet30 adverb
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before anything else | | Example: first we must consider the garter snake
source: wordnet30
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the initial time | | Example: when Felix first saw a garter snake
source: wordnet30
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before another in time, space, or importance | | Example: I was here first
let's do this job first
source: wordnet30
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prominently forward | | Example: he put his best foot foremost
source: wordnet30
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Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.; -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles. | | source: webster1913 noun
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the first or highest in an ordering or series | | Example: He wanted to be the first
source: wordnet30
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the first element in a countable series | | Example: the first of the month
source: wordnet30
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the time at which something is supposed to begin | | Example: they got an early start
she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
source: wordnet30
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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) | | source: wordnet30
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an honours degree of the highest class | | source: wordnet30
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the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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