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(adverb) before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake" |
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Synonyms: first of all, first off, firstly, foremost |
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(adverb) the initial time; "when Felix first saw a garter snake" |
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Synonyms: for the first time |
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(satellite adjective) being the gear producing the lowest drive speed; "use first gear on steep hills" |
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Synonyms: low |
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(satellite adjective) ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate" |
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Synonyms: foremost, top |
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(adverb) before another in time, space, or importance; "I was here first"; "let's do this job first" |
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(adjective) 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" |
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Antonyms: intermediate, last |
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(adjective) (music) highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections; "first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn" |
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Antonyms: second |
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(satellite adjective) indicating the beginning unit in a series |
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Synonyms: 1st |
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(noun) (Great Britain) an honours degree of the highest class |
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Synonyms: first-class honours degree |
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Related Words: double first, honours, honours degree |
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(noun) the first element in a countable series; "the first of the month" |
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Synonyms: number 1, number one |
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Related Words: no., ordinal, ordinal number |
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(noun) the first or highest in an ordering or series: "He wanted to be the first" |
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Synonyms: number one |
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Related Words: former, rank |
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(adverb) prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost" |
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Synonyms: foremost |
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(noun) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first base |
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Synonyms: first base |
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Related Words: position |
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(satellite adjective) serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse" |
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Synonyms: beginning |
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(noun) the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving |
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Synonyms: first gear, low, low gear |
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Related Words: gear, gear mechanism |
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(noun) the time at which something begins; "They got an early start" |
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Synonyms: beginning, commencement, kickoff, offset, outset, start, starting time |
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Related Words: birth, incipience, incipiency, point, point in time, starting point, terminus a quo, threshold |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: inaugural, initiative, initiatory, maiden |
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