Meaning

4 senses
  1. (no comparative)Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.

    Hancock was first to arrive.

    The first day of September 2013 was a Sunday.

    preceding all others in time or space or degree

  2. (no comparative)Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.

    Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.

    the first violinist

    highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections

  3. (no comparative)Of or belonging to a first family.

    First Cat; First Daughter; First Dog; First Son

  4. (no comparative)Coming right after the zeroth in things that use zero-based numbering.

    erster, erste

    пе́рвыйpérvyj

    пе́ршийpéršyj

Examples

10469 sentences
  1. I must finish this work first.

    Я повинен спочатку завершити цю роботу. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    ruЯ должен сначала закончить эту работу. — marafon

    deIch muss zuerst diese Arbeit beenden. — mayabe

  2. Please fill out this form first.

    Будь ласка, спочатку заповніть цю форму. — deniko

    ruПожалуйста, заполните сначала этот бланк. — Balamax

    deBitte füllen Sie zuerst dieses Formular aus. — Manfredo

  3. At first, I didn't like him.

    Спершу він мені не подобався. — deniko

    ruСначала он мне не нравился. — shanghainese

    deZuerst mochte ich ihn nicht. — Manfredo

  4. Tom got first prize, didn't he?

    Том взяв перший приз, чи не так? — deniko

    ruТом ведь первый приз взял, да? — sharptoothed

    deTom hat den ersten Preis gewonnen, nicht wahr? — Yorwba

  5. Is this your first trip abroad?

    Це твоя перша поїздка за кордон? — deniko

    ruЭто твоя первая поездка за границу? — NastyaKayokhtina

    deIst dies deine erste Reise ins Ausland? — al_ex_an_der

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
numeral first — see also 1st:
Русский
By meaning 1
numeral first — see also 1st:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
numeral first — see also 1st:

Origin

From Middle English first, furst, ferst, fyrst, from Old English fyrest, from Proto-West G

From Middle English first, furst, ferst, fyrst, from Old English fyrest, from Proto-West Germanic *furist, from Proto-Germanic *furistaz (“first, foremost”), superlative of Proto-Germanic *furai, *furi (“before”), from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“before”), from *per- (“before; first”), equivalent to fore + -est.

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Forms

, firstmost
Comparative
Superlativefirstmost Lesson

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

2 related words
RelatedforA2fore

Collocations

12 patterns
  • the first time
  • was the first
  • first time
  • the first one
  • first one to
  • first time that
  • the first person
  • first met
  • remember the first
  • for the first
  • first person to
  • the first thing

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
first — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto