first
— Adverb
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~ the initial time; "when Felix first saw a garter snake"
first
— Adverb
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~ before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake"
first
— Adjective
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~ highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections; "first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn"
first
— Adjective
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~ serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse"
first
— Adjective
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~ 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"
first
— Adjective
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~ ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"
first
— Adjective
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~ indicating the beginning unit in a series
first
— Adjective
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~ 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"
first-class
— Adjective
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~ very good; of the highest quality; "made an excellent speech"; "he was a splendid teacher"; "a first-class mind"
first
— Noun
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~ an honours degree of the highest class
first base
— Noun
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~ the initial stage in accomplishing something; "we didn't get to first base with that approach"
first base
— Noun
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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)
first
— Noun
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~ the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
first degree
— Noun
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~ a degree of one; "all of the terms in a linear equation are of the first degree"
first
— Noun
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~ the first or highest in an ordering or series; "He wanted to be the first"
first balcony
— Noun
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~ first or lowest balcony
first base
— Noun
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~ the base that must be touched first by a base runner in baseball
first derivative
— Noun
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~ the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx
first blush
— Noun
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~ at the first glimpse or impression; "at first blush the idea possesses considerable intuitive appeal but on closer examination it fails"
first cousin
— Noun
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~ the child of your aunt or uncle