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
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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