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