First

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  First \First\ (f[~e]rst), a. [OE. first, furst, AS. fyrst; akin
     to Icel. fyrstr, Sw. & Dan. f["o]rste, OHG. furist, G.
     f["u]rst prince; a superlatiye form of E. for, fore. See
     {For}, {Fore}, and cf. {Formeer}, {Foremost}.]
     1. 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.
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     2. Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others.
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     3. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest;
        as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.
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     {At first blush}. See under {Blush}.
  
     {At first hand}, from the first or original source; without
        the intervention of any agent.
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              It is the intention of the person to reveal it at
              first hand, by way of mouth, to yourself. --Dickens.
  
     {First coat} (Plastering), the solid foundation of coarse
        stuff, on which the rest is placed; it is thick, and
        crossed with lines, so as to give a bond for the next
        coat.
  
     {First day}, Sunday; -- so called by the Friends.
  
     {First floor}.
        (a) The ground floor. [U.S.]
        (b) The floor next above the ground floor. [Eng.]
  
     {First fruit} or {First fruits}.
        (a) The fruits of the season earliest gathered.
        (b) (Feudal Law) One year's profits of lands belonging to
            the king on the death of a tenant who held directly
            from him.
        (c) (Eng. Eccl. Law) The first year's whole profits of a
            benefice or spiritual living.
        (d) The earliest effects or results.
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                  See, Father, what first fruits on earth are
                  sprung
                  From thy implanted grace in man!  --Milton.
  
     {First mate}, an officer in a merchant vessel next in rank to
        the captain.
  
     {First name}, same as {Christian name}. See under {Name}, n.
        
  
     {First officer} (Naut.), in the merchant service, same as
        {First mate} (above).
  
     {First sergeant} (Mil.), the ranking non-commissioned officer
        in a company; the orderly sergeant. --Farrow.
  
     {First watch} (Naut.), the watch from eight to twelve at
        midnight; also, the men on duty during that time.
  
     {First water}, the highest quality or purest luster; -- said
        of gems, especially of diamond and pearls.
  
     Syn: Primary; primordial; primitive; primeval; pristine;
          highest; chief; principal; foremost.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  First \First\ (f[~e]rst), adv.
     Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.;
     -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles.
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           Adam was first formed, then Eve.         --1 Tim. ii.
                                                    13.
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     {At first}, {At the first}, at the beginning or origin.
  
     {First or last}, at one time or another; at the beginning or
        end.
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              And all are fools and lovers first or last.
                                                    --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  First \First\, n. (Mus.)
     The upper part of a duet, trio, etc., either vocal or
     instrumental; -- so called because it generally expresses the
     air, and has a pre["e]minence in the combined effect.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  first
       adj 1: preceding all others in time or space or degree; "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" [ant: {last}, {intermediate}]
       2: indicating the beginning unit in a series [syn: {1st}]
       3: serving to set in motion; "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" [syn: {inaugural},
          {initiative}, {initiatory}, {maiden}]
       4: serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the
          first verse" [syn: {beginning(a)}]
       5: ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the
          foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"
          [syn: {foremost}, {world-class}]
       6: highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or
          instruments or orchestra sections; "first soprano"; "the
          first violin section"; "played first horn" [ant: {second}]
       7: being the gear producing the lowest drive speed; "use first
          gear on steep hills" [syn: {low}]
       n 1: the first or highest in an ordering or series; "He wanted to
            be the first" [syn: {number one}]
       2: the first element in a countable series; "the first of the
          month" [syn: {number one}, {number 1}]
       3: the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got
          an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the
          man for her" [syn: {beginning}, {commencement}, {outset},
          {get-go}, {start}, {kickoff}, {starting time}, {showtime},
           {offset}] [ant: {middle}, {end}]
       4: the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who
          is stationed at first base [syn: {first base}]
       5: an honours degree of the highest class [syn: {first-class
          honours degree}]
       6: the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor
          vehicle; used to start a car moving [syn: {first gear}, {low
          gear}, {low}]
       adv 1: before anything else; "first we must consider the garter
              snake" [syn: {firstly}, {foremost}, {first of all}, {first
              off}]
       2: the initial time; "when Felix first saw a garter snake"
          [syn: {for the first time}]
       3: before another in time, space, or importance; "I was here
          first"; "let's do this job first"
       4: prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost" [syn: {foremost}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  168 Moby Thesaurus words for "first":
     ab initio, ab ovo, aborigine, ahead, alpha, antecedent, anterior,
     anticipatory, arch, at first, at the start, banner, basic, before,
     before everything, beforehand, beginning, blue ribbon, breaking-in,
     by choice, by election, by vote, capital, cardinal, central,
     champion, chief, chiefly, ci-devant, commencement, crowning,
     dominant, earlier, earliest, early, elder, elementary, eminent,
     essential, exordial, first and foremost, first blush, first glance,
     first impression, first inning, first lap, first move, first place,
     first round, first sight, first stage, first step, first thing,
     firstly, focal, fore, foregoing, forehand, foremost, former,
     forward, from the beginning, front, frontal, fundamental, gambit,
     great, head, heading, headmost, hegemonic, highest, in advance,
     in front, in preference, in the beginning, in the forefront,
     in the foreground, in the front, in the lead, inaugural, inception,
     initial, initially, initiative, initiatory, key, le premier pas,
     leading, least, magisterial, maiden, main, mainly, master, measly,
     older, oldest, opening, opening move, original, originally, outset,
     outstanding, overruling, paramount, pioneer, precedent, preceding,
     precessional, precurrent, precursory, predominant, preeminent,
     preexistent, prefatory, preferably, preliminary, preludial,
     prelusive, premier, preparatory, preponderant, prevailing,
     prevenient, previous, primal, primarily, primary, prime,
     primitiveness, primitivity, primo, primogenial, primordial,
     principal, principally, prior, pristine, proemial, propaedeutic,
     ranking, rather, rather than, ruling, senior, slight, slightest,
     slim, smallest, sooner, sooner than, sovereign, star, start,
     stellar, supereminent, supreme, to the fore, to the front,
     topflight, trifling, triumph, trivial, up ahead, victory,
     warming-up, win
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  FIRST
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From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  FIRST
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