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- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first base
- the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
- an honours degree of the highest class
- the first element in a countable series; "the first of the month"
- the first or highest in an ordering or series; "He wanted to be the first"
- the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
- being the gear producing the lowest drive speed; "use first gear on steep hills"
- ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"
- serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse"
- serving to set in motion; "the magazine''s inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner''s maiden voyage"
- preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training"
- highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections; "first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn"
- indicating the beginning unit in a series
- before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake"
- the initial time; "when Felix first saw a garter snake"
- prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost"
- before another in time, space, or importance; "I was here first"; "let''s do this job first"
Similar Words: first base,
first gear,
low gear,
low,
first-class honours degree,
number one,
number 1,
beginning,
commencement,
outset,
get-go,
start,
kickoff,
starting time,
showtime,
offset,
foremost,
world-class,
beginning(a),
inaugural,
initiative,
initiatory,
maiden,
1st,
firstly,
first of all,
first off,
for the first time
See Also: early,
front(a),
original,
primary
Hyponyms: double first,
former,
birth,
incipiency,
incipience,
terminus a quo,
starting point,
threshold
Part Meronyms: car,
auto,
automobile,
machine,
motorcar
Member Meronyms: baseball team
Derivational Morphology:
inaugurate,
kick off,
start,
take up,
start up,
embark on,
commence,
originate,
initiate,
begin,
lead off,
get down,
get,
start out,
set about,
set out
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