Definition:
				
				
				- (a.) Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.
- (a.) Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others.
- (a.) Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest; as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.
- (adv.) Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.; -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles.
- (n.) The upper part of a duet, trio, etc., either vocal or instrumental; -- so called because it generally expresses the air, and has a preeminence in the combined effect.
Compare first with other words:
			
			
			first vs. frist
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. next
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. utmost
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. inceptive
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. incentive
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. fist
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. third
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. fourth
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. primeness
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. sabbatarian
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. tribe
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. sovereign
			
			
			
			
			
			emergency vs. first
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. general
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. initially
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. starting
			
			
			
			
			
			bloke vs. first
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. text
			
			
			
			
			
			dravidian vs. first
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. passage
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. fore
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. protoplast
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. primordial
			
			
			
			
			
			disrespect vs. first
			
			
			
			
			
			assent vs. first
			
			
			
			
			
			express vs. first
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. relief
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. quality
			
			
			
			
			
			esteem vs. first
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. state
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. monte
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. home
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. gospel
			
			
			
			
			
			ask vs. first
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. primal
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. initial
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. opening
			
			
			
			
			
			beginning vs. first
			
			
			
			
			
			fast vs. first
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. frosh
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. prime
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. lituus
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. foremost
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. top
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. pollex
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. front
			
			
			
			
			
			break vs. first
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. lead
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. lose
			
			
			
			
			
			begin vs. first
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. former
			
			
			
			
			
			early vs. first
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. respite
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. primary
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. firstborn
			
			
			
			
			
			copy vs. first
			
			
			
			
			
			edition vs. first
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. firstly
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. number
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. ordinal
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. predecessor
			
			
			
			
			
			business vs. first
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. impediment
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. second
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. one
			
			
			
			
			
			aboriginal vs. first
			
			
			
			
			
			first vs. head