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გამოთქმა: /fəːst/

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Universal
  • 1coming before all others in time or order; earliest; 1st:his first wife the first of five daughters many valuable drugs have been recognized first as poisons
  • never previously done or occurring:her first day at school
  • coming or encountered next after a specified or implied time, event, etc.:the first house I came to
  • before doing something else specified or implied:Do you mind if I take a shower first?
  • for the first time:she first picked up a guitar out of sheer boredom
  • informal the first occurrence of something notable:we travelled by air, a first for both of us
  • the first in a sequence of a vehicle’s gears:he stuck the car in first and revved
  • Baseball first base:he made it all the way home from first
  • chiefly British the first form of a school or college.
  • 2foremost in position, rank, or importance:the doctor’s first duty is to respect this right a first prize of £250 career women who put work first football must come first
  • firstly; in the first place (used to introduce a main point or reason):first, it is wrong that the victims should have no remedy
  • in preference; rather (used when strongly rejecting a suggestion or possibility):she longed to go abroad, but not at this man’s expense—she’d die first!
  • the first finisher or position in a race or competition.
  • [in titles] having precedence over all others of a similar kind:First Lord of the Admiralty
  • British a place in the top grade in an examination, especially that for a degree:chaps with firsts from Oxbridge
  • British a person who has received the top grade in an examination for a degree.
  • (the firsts) the best or main team of a sports club: he was asked to play for the firsts
  • (firsts) goods of the best quality:factory firsts, seconds, and discontinued styles
  • 3with a specified part or person in a leading position:the car plunged nose first into the river
  • 4 [often with infinitive] the most pressing, likely, or suitable:his first problem is where to live he is the first to admit he was not the best of patients
  • 5 Music performing the highest or chief of two or more parts for the same instrument or voice:the first violins

at first

at the beginning; in the initial stage or stages:at first Hugo tried to be patient

at first glance

at first hand

at first instance

at first sight

see sight.

(the) first among equals

see equal.

first blood

see blood.

first come, first served

used to indicate that people will be dealt with strictly in the order in which they arrive or apply:tickets are available on a first come, first served basis

first and foremost

most importantly; more than anything else:he considered himself first and foremost a writer

first and last

fundamentally; on the whole:museums are first and last about curatorship

first of all

before doing anything else:first of all, let me ask you something
most importantly:German unity depends first of all on the German people

first off

informal, chiefly North American as a first point; firstly:first off, I owe you a heck of an apology

first past the post

(of a contestant, especially a horse) winning a race by being the first to reach the finishing line: Aliysa was first past the post in the 1989 Oaks
[attributive] British denoting an electoral system in which a candidate or party is selected by achievement of a simple majority:our first-past-the-post electoral system

first thing

early in the morning; before anything else:I have to meet Josh first thing tomorrow

first things first

important matters should be dealt with before other things: I suggest we get our priorities right—first things first

first up

British first of all.
Australian/NZ at the first attempt.

from the (very) first

from the beginning:he should have realized it from the first

from first to last

from beginning to end; throughout:it’s a fine performance that commands attention from first to last

get to first base

see base1.

in the first place

as the first consideration or point:political reality was not quite that simple—in the first place, divisions existed within the parties
at the beginning; to begin with:I should have told you in the first place

of the first order (or magnitude)

excellent or considerable of its kind:it is a media event of the first order

of the first water

see water.

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