Before all others in place or progression, rank, order of time, etc.
Hence Sooner; before doing or suffering (that is, so as not to do or suffer) some act or result: as, I will not do it, I will die first.
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Time; time granted; respite: same as frist.
Being before all others; being the initial unit or aggregate in order of occurrence or arrangement as to time, place, or rank: the ordinal of one.
Foremost in time; preceding all others of the kind in order of time: as, Adam was the first man; I was the first guest to arrive.
Foremost in place; before all others from the point of view or consideration: as, the first man in a rank or line.
Foremost in importance or estimation; before or superior to all others in character, quality, or degree: as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece; the part of first villain in a play; wheat of the first grade; specifically, in music, highest or chief among several voices or instruments of the same class: as, first alto; first horn.
Synonyms Primary, primordial, original, primitive, pristine, earliest. See comparison under primary.
Highest, chief, principal, capital, foremost, leading.
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That which is first; the beginning. or that which makes or constitutes a beginning.
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In music: The voice or instrument that takes the highest or chief part in its class, especially in an orchestra or chorus; a leader of a part or group of performers.
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The interval and concord of the unison or prime. See unison and prime.
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Same as first base (which see, above).
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The highest rank in an examination for honors: as, he got a first in mathematics. See double-first.
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Immediately.