first
首先,第一次,第一,先
Related Words
Definitions
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- : being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
- : Music. highest or chief among several voices or instruments of the same class: first alto; first horn.
- : Automotive. low.
- : being a member of the household or an intimate acquaintance of the president of the United States or of the governor of a state: the First Lady; Checkers, the first dog.
- 1
- : before all others or anything else in time, order, rank, etc.
- : before some other thing, event, etc.: If you're going, phone first.
- : for the first time: She first visited Atlanta in 1980.
- : in preference to something else; rather; sooner: I'd die first.
- : in the first place; firstly.
- 1
- : the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- : the beginning.
- : the first part; first member of a series.
- : Music. the voice or instrument that takes the highest or chief part in its class, especially in an orchestra or chorus.a leader of a part or group of performers.
- : Automotive. low gear; first gear: She shifted into first and drove off.
- : the winning position or rank in a race or other competition.
- : Baseball. first base.
- : Usually firsts .Commerce. a product or goods of the first or highest quality.goods produced according to specifications, without visible flaws.Compare second, third.
- : British University. first-class honors.See also class. a person who has won such honors.
Phrases
- first and foremost
- first and last
- first blush
- first come, first served
- first cousin
- first hand
- first of all
- first off
- first thing
- first things first
- at first
- at first blush
- at first hand
- cast the first stone
- get to first base
- if at first you don't succeed
- in the first place
- in the (first) flush of
- love at first sight
- not know beans (the first thing)
- of the first water
- on a first-name basis
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Fluoride first entered an American water supply through a rather inelegant technocratic scheme.
In the first episode, an officer is shown video of himself shooting and killing a man.
But since those rosy scenarios were first floated, the California political scene has grown more crowded.
Eric Garcetti succeeded Villaraigosa and has received high marks in his first year and a half on the job.
He sees himself as the first Muslim president of all Europe.
This is the first and principal point at which we can stanch the wastage of teaching energy that now goes on.
He was converted and baptized, and was the first Hebrew instructor at Harvard college.
And I have not had the first morsel of food prepared from this grain offered me since I reached the shores of Europe.
Now first we shall want our pupil to understand, speak, read and write the mother tongue well.
In treble, second and fourth, the first change is a dodge behind; and the second time the treble leads, there's a double Bob.