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first — English adjective · Kenne

adjective#114 by frequency

first

/fɜːst/

Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; Most eminent or exalted

superlative: firstmost

Meanings

1
Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest
- It's not the first time.
  Tatoeba · Hybrid · CC BY 2.0 FR
- It's my first time here.
  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
2
Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest
3
Of or belonging to a first familyrare
4
Coming right after the zeroth in things that use zero-based numberingrare

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Family

adverbnot in the study set

first

/fɜːst/

Before anything else; firstly; For the first time

Meanings

1
Before anything else; firstly
- Better if you go first.
  Tatoeba · frpzzd · CC BY 2.0 FR
- I thought so at first.
  Tatoeba · Hybrid · CC BY 2.0 FR
2
For the first time