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Sounds | fer'st |
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Rhymes | bratwurst, burst, cloudburst, and 13 more rhymes in erst at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Preceding all others in time or space or degree. |
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Examples | "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" |
Similar | archetypal, archetypical, prototypal, prototypic, prototypical; basic, introductory; initial; firstborn, eldest; freshman, first-year; oldest; original; premier, premiere; premier, prime; prime |
See also | front; early; original; primary |
Contrary | last; intermediate |
Meaning | Indicating the beginning unit in a series. |
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Synonyms | 1st |
Similar to | ordinal |
Meaning | Serving to set in motion. |
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Examples | "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress" |
Synonyms | inaugural, initiative, initiatory, maiden |
Similar to | opening |
Meaning | Serving to begin. |
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Examples | "the first verse" |
Synonyms | beginning |
Similar to | opening |
Meaning | Ranking above all others. |
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Examples | "was first in her class" |
Synonyms | foremost, world-class |
Similar to | best |
Meaning | Highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections. |
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Examples | "first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn" |
Category | music |
Contrary | second |
Meaning | The gear producing the lowest drive speed. |
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Examples | "use first gear on steep hills" |
Synonyms | low |
Similar to | forward |
Meaning | The first or highest in an ordering or series. |
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Examples | "He wanted to be the first" |
Synonyms | number one |
Narrower | former |
Broader | rank |
Meaning | The first element in a countable series. |
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Examples | "the first of the month" |
Synonyms | number one, number 1 |
Broader | ordinal number, ordinal, no. |
Meaning | The time at which something is supposed to begin. |
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Synonyms | beginning, commencement, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset |
Narrower | birth; incipiency, incipience; terminus a quo, starting point; threshold |
Broader | point, point in time |
Contrary | middle; end, ending |
Meaning | The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first base. |
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Synonyms | first base |
Member of | baseball team |
Broader | position |
Meaning | An honours degree of the highest class. |
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Synonyms | first-class honours degree |
Region | United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Narrower | double first |
Broader | honours, honours degree |
Meaning | The lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle. Used to start a car moving. |
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Synonyms | first gear, low gear, low |
Part of | car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar |
Broader | gear, gear mechanism |
Meaning | Before anything else. |
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Examples | "first we must consider the garter snake" |
Synonyms | firstly, foremost, first of all, first off |
Meaning | The initial time. |
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Examples | "when Felix first saw a garter snake" |
Synonyms | for the first time |
Meaning | Before another in time, space, or importance. |
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Examples | "I was here first"; "let's do this job first" |
Meaning | Prominently forward. |
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Synonyms | foremost |