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first
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noun
countable and uncountable
A1
UK /fɜːst/ US /fɚst/
The person or thing in the first position.
The first gear of an engine.
Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.
First base.
A first-class honours degree.
UK, colloquial
A first-edition copy of some publication.
colloquial
A fraction whose (integer) denominator ends in the digit 1.
in compounds
Forms
plural
firsts
Example sentences
6709 results
First, I'm going to do an outline of my new website.
Tatoeba
Wash before first wearing.
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first
Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
+3 meanings
first
Before anything else; firstly.
+1 meaning
first
To propose (a new motion) in a meeting, which must subsequently be seconded.
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