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first

adverb
  1. before anything else
    “first we must consider the garter snake”
    firstlyforemostfirst of allfirst off
  2. the initial time
    “when Felix first saw a garter snake”
    for the first time
  3. prominently forward
    foremost
  4. before another in time, space, or importance
    “I was here first”
adjective
  1. ranking above all others
    “They were first in their class to the surprise of nobody.”
    foremostworld-class
  2. serving to begin
    beginning
  3. serving to set in motion
    inauguralinitiativeinitiatorymaiden
  4. preceding all others in time or space or degree
    “the first house on the right”
  5. highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections
    “first soprano”
  6. indicating the beginning unit in a series
noun
  1. 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)
    first base
  2. the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle
    lowlow gear
  3. an honours degree of the highest class
    first-class honours degree
  4. the first element in a countable series
    “the first of the month”
    number onenumber 1
  5. coming before all others; highest in an ordering or series
    “The dog was first to be adopted.”
    number one
  6. the time at which something is supposed to begin
    beginning