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Grep of noun first double first first first-aid kit first-aid station first-class honours degree first-class mail first-degree burn first-nighter first-order correlation first-place finish first-rater first aid first amendment first appearance first balcony first baron beveridge first baron kelvin first baron lytton first baron macaulay first baron marks of broughton first baron passfield first baron rutherford first baron rutherford of nelson first baron tennyson first base first baseman first battle of ypres first cause first class first cousin first cranial nerve first crusade first derivative first duke of marlborough first duke of wellington first earl kitchener of khartoum first earl of beaconsfield first earl of chatham first earl of orford first earl wavell first estate first floor first gear first grade first half first harmonic first in first out first lady first language first law of motion first law of thermodynamics first lieutenant first light first lord of the treasury first marquess cornwallis first mate first moment first mortgage first name first of may first offender first period first person first principle first quarter first reading first reich first rudiment first sacker first sergeant first state first step first stomach first team first trimester first viscount haldane of cloan first viscount nuffield first water first world war firstborn kepler's first law last in first out newton's first law newton's first law of motion right of first publication sergeant first class Overview of noun first The noun first has 6 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (9) first number one -- (the first or highest in an ordering or series: "He wanted to be the first") 2. (5) first number one number 1 -- (the first element in a countable series; "the first of the month") 3. (1) beginning, commencement, first outset, start kickoff, starting time, offset -- (the time at which something begins; "They got an early start") 4. (1) first base, first -- (the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first base) 5. first first-class honours degree -- ((Great Britain) an honours degree of the highest class) 6. first gear, first low gear, low -- (the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving) Overview of adj first The adj first has 7 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (236) first -- (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") 2. (62) first 1st -- (indicating the beginning unit in a series) 3. (4) inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first maiden -- (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") 4. (4) beginning, first -- (serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse") 5. (3) first foremost, top -- (ranking above all others "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate") 6. first -- ((music) highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections; "first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn") 7. first low -- (being the gear producing the lowest drive speed; "use first gear on steep hills") Overview of adv first The adv first has 4 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (59) first firstly, foremost, first of all first off -- (before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake") 2. (40) first for the first time -- (the initial time; "when Felix first saw a garter snake") 3. (9) first -- (before another in time, space, or importance; "I was here first"; "let's do this job first") 4. (4) foremost, first -- (prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost") Antonyms of adj first 7 senses of first Sense 1 first (vs. last) (vs. intermediate) last (vs. intermediate) (vs. first) => antepenultimate => endmost, terminal => parting, parthian => penultimate, next-to-last => senior(postnominal), fourth-year => subterminal => sunset(postnominal) => ultimate intermediate (vs. first) (vs. last) => gray, grey => halfway => in-between, mediate, middle => junior(postnominal), third-year, next-to-last => second => sophomore(postnominal), second-year Sense 2 first 1st INDIRECT (VIA ordinal) -> cardinal Sense 3 inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first maiden INDIRECT (VIA opening) -> closing Sense 4 beginning(postnominal), first INDIRECT (VIA opening) -> closing Sense 5 first foremost, top(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA best) -> worst Sense 6 first (vs. second) second (vs. first) Sense 7 first low INDIRECT (VIA forward) -> reverse Similarity of adj first 7 senses of first Sense 1 first (vs. last) (vs. intermediate) => archetypal, archetypical, prototypal, prototypic, prototypical => basic, introductory => initial => firstborn, eldest => freshman, first-year => oldest => original => premier, premiere => premier(postnominal), prime(postnominal) => prime(postnominal) Also See-> early#1; front#1; original#3; primary#1 Sense 2 first 1st => ordinal (vs. cardinal) Sense 3 inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first maiden => opening (vs. closing) Sense 4 beginning(postnominal), first => opening (vs. closing) Sense 5 first foremost, top(postnominal) => best (vs. worst) Sense 6 first (vs. second) Sense 7 first low => forward (vs. reverse) Attributes of adj first Familiarity of adj first first used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 7) Grep of adj first first first-class first-come-first-serve first-rate first-string first-year firstborn firsthand forty-first headfirst hundred-and-first thirty-first twenty-first Overview of noun first The noun first has 6 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (9) first number one -- (the first or highest in an ordering or series: "He wanted to be the first") 2. (5) first number one number 1 -- (the first element in a countable series; "the first of the month") 3. (1) beginning, commencement, first outset, start kickoff, starting time, offset -- (the time at which something begins; "They got an early start") 4. (1) first base, first -- (the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first base) 5. first first-class honours degree -- ((Great Britain) an honours degree of the highest class) 6. first gear, first low gear, low -- (the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving) Overview of adj first The adj first has 7 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (236) first -- (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") 2. (62) first 1st -- (indicating the beginning unit in a series) 3. (4) inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first maiden -- (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") 4. (4) beginning, first -- (serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse") 5. (3) first foremost, top -- (ranking above all others "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate") 6. first -- ((music) highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections; "first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn") 7. first low -- (being the gear producing the lowest drive speed; "use first gear on steep hills") Overview of adv first The adv first has 4 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (59) first firstly, foremost, first of all first off -- (before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake") 2. (40) first for the first time -- (the initial time; "when Felix first saw a garter snake") 3. (9) first -- (before another in time, space, or importance; "I was here first"; "let's do this job first") 4. (4) foremost, first -- (prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost")
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