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    first
    [fərst]
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    first (adjective) · first (adverb) · first (noun) · firsts (plural noun)
    1. coming before all others in time or order; earliest; 1st:
      "his first wife" · "the first of five daughters"
      • never previously done or occurring:
        "her first day at school"
      • coming next after a specified or implied time or occurrence:
        "I didn't take the first bus"
      • met with or encountered before any others:
        "the first house I came to"
      • originally:
        "many valuable drugs have been recognized first as poisons"
      • before doing something else specified or implied:
        "Do you mind if I take a shower first?"
      • for the first time:
        "she first picked up a guitar out of sheer boredom"
      • firstly; in the first place (used to introduce a first point or reason):
        "first, it is wrong that the victims should have no remedy"
      • in preference; rather (used when strongly rejecting a suggestion or possibility):
        "she longed to go abroad, but not at this man's expense—she'd die first!"
      • informal
        the first occurrence of something notable:
        "we traveled by air, a first for both of us"
      • the first in a sequence of a vehicle's gears:
        "he stuck the car in first and revved"
      • baseball
        first base:
        "he made it all the way home from first"
      • BRITISH ENGLISH
        the first grade of a school.
      • a first edition of a book:
        "collectors of modern firsts"
    2. foremost in position, rank, or importance:
      "the doctor's first duty is to respect this right" · "I always put myself first" · "football must come first"
      • the most likely, pressing, or suitable:
        "he is the first to admit he was not the best of patients" · "his first problem is where to live"
      • the first finisher or position in a race or competition.
      • music
        performing the highest or chief of two or more parts for the same instrument or voice:
        "the first violins"
      • BRITISH ENGLISH
        a place in the top grade in an examination, especially that for a degree:
        "he took a first in Classics"
      • BRITISH ENGLISH
        a person having achieved a top grade in an examination.
      • (firsts)
        goods of the best quality:
        "factory firsts, seconds, and discontinued styles"
    3. with a specified part or person in a leading position:
      "it plunged nose first into the river"
    Origin
    Old English fyr(e)st; of Germanic origin, related to Old Norse fyrstr and German Fürst ‘prince’, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit prathama, Latin primus, and Greek prōtos.
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    1. coming before all others in time or order; earliest; 1st:
    2. foremost in position, rank, or importance:
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