first

  1. Adjective.  Having no predecessor. The ordinal number corresponding to one.
  2. Adverb.  Before anything else; firstly.
  3. Noun.  (uncountable) The person or thing in the first position.
  4. Noun.  (uncountable) The first gear of an engine.
  5. Noun.  (countable) Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.
  6. Noun.  (countable, baseball) first base.
  7. Noun.  (countable, British) A first-class honours degree.
  8. Noun.  (countable, colloquial) A first-edition copy of some publication.
  9. Noun.  A fraction of an integer ending in one. Oneth.
  10. Noun.  (obsolete) Time; time granted; respite.

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