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noun

• The person or thing in the first position.

  Example: He was the first to complete the course.

• The first gear of an engine.

• Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.

  Example: This is a first. For once he has nothing to say.

• First base

  Example: There was a close play at first.

• A first-class honours degree.

• A first-edition copy of some publication.

• A fraction of an integer ending in one.

  Example: one forty-first of the estate

adjective

• Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.

  Example: I was the first runner to reach the finish line, and won the race.

• Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.

  Example: Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.

adverb

• Before anything else; firstly.

  Example: Clean the sink first, before you even think of starting to cook.

• For the first time;

  Example: I first witnessed a death when I was nine years old.

noun

• Time; time granted; respite.