Synonym: ahead, before, beginning, chief, dominant, foremost, leading, main, preferably, primary, principal, rather, final, finally, last. Similar words: at first, first of all, first prize, the first person, at first sight, in the first place, first and foremost, upstairs. Meaning: [fɜrst /fɜːst]
n. 1. the first or highest in an ordering or series 2. the first element in a countable series 3. the time at which something is supposed to begin 4. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate) 5. an honours degree of the highest class 6. the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving. adj. 1. preceding all others in time or space or degree 2. indicating the beginning unit in a series 3. serving to set in motion 4. serving to begin 5. ranking above all others 6. highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections 7. being the gear producing the lowest drive speed. adv. 1. before anything else 2. the initial time 3. before another in time, space, or importance 4. prominently forward.
211. I want to be one of the first who say "Happy birthday to you".May everything it take to make a very happy and successful year!
212. At first sight the house appeared to be empty than it really is.
213. Most schools teach children lower case letters first, and upper case letters later.
214. The birth of their first child marked the beginning of a new era in their married life.
215. The government's first effort to privatize a company has been a roaring success.
216. There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and ,after that, to enjoy it , only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.
217. The two British players both won their first - round matches in aggressive style.
218. Belgium was the first European country to possess a fully-fledged rail network.
219. The first white settlers journeyed across America in covered wagons.
220. Since the first time I saw you,I felt something inside,I dont know if its love at first sight,I do know I really like you a lot. Tanya C Medeiros.
221. Children normally feel a lot of anxiety about their first day at school.
222. The story to finally,[http://sentencedict.com/first.html] don't remember who first obscure eyes.
223. The idea was first mooted as long ago as the 1840s.
224. Our car depreciated £1500 in the first year we owned it.
225. Two shoppers were injured in the stampede as shop doors opened on the first day of the sale.
226. 30% is charged on the first part of your taxable income.
227. Who was the first man to make an ascent in a balloon?
228. Jeremy Lin is the first American player in the NBA of Chinese descent.
229. Assuring the patient that she has a real and not imaginary problem is the first step.
230. I heard about it at first hand from my neighbor.
231. He was a young sailor on his first sea voyage.
232. They had already voted for him at the first ballot.
233. He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.
234. First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.
235. It's a good idea to spend the first night of your holiday sleeping off the jet lag.
236. The play was the first commercially successful work dealing explicitly with homosexuality.
237. His first performance was a debacle : the audience booed him off the stage.
238. The situation was more complicated than they had at first realized.
239. Is not life if it is only as first, but life what not to meet.
240. First put the flour in the bowl, and then beat the eggs in.
More similar words: at first, first of all, first prize, the first person, at first sight, in the first place, first and foremost, upstairs, firm, burst, at worst, on fire, fire up, firmly, burst in, confirm, burst into, understand, catch fire, set fire to, burst out laughing.