Associations to the word «First»

FIRST, adjective. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.

FIRST, adjective. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.

FIRST, adverb. Before anything else; firstly.

FIRST, noun. (uncountable) The person or thing in the first position.

FIRST, noun. (uncountable) The first gear of an engine.

FIRST, noun. (countable) Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.

FIRST, noun. (countable) (baseball) first base

FIRST, noun. (countable) (British) (colloquial) A first-class honours degree.

FIRST, noun. (countable) (colloquial) A first-edition copy of some publication.

FIRST, noun. A fraction of an integer ending in one.

FIRST, noun. (obsolete) Time; time granted; respite.

FIRST, adjective. Of or pertaining to the executive of a particular nation or state.

FIRST AID, noun. (medicine) Basic medical care given to an injury victim, usually where the injury is slight or where better care is not available.

FIRST AID KIT, noun. A standard collection of first aid supplies for treatment of minor injuries or stabilization of major injuries.

FIRST AID KITS, noun. Plural of first aid kit

FIRST AMENDMENT, proper noun. The amendment to the constitution of the United States pertaining to freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom of the press.

FIRST AMONG EQUALS, noun. (idiomatic) A person or position that is formally equivalent to others in a group, but is superior in some attribute.

FIRST AMONG EQUALS, noun. (British) (politics) In the British and other parliamentary systems, a term used to describe the relationship of the prime minister to the other members of the cabinet.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, adverb. (set phrase) Primarily; most importantly.

FIRST AND LAST, noun. (idiomatic) A person's combined given name and surname.

FIRST BASE, noun. (singulare tantum) (baseball) The base after home plate in a counter-clockwise path around a baseball infield.

FIRST BASE, noun. (singulare tantum) (by extension) Completion of the first phase of an activity.

FIRST BASE, noun. (singulare tantum) (US) (colloquial) Kissing, regarded as the first phase of a sexual relationship.

FIRST BASE, noun. (blackjack) The betting spot located immediately to the left of the dealer, which is first to receive cards and first to act.

FIRST BASEMAN, noun. (baseball) The infield defensive player that stands near first base.

FIRST BASEMEN, noun. Plural of first baseman

FIRST BASES, noun. (rare) plural of first base

FIRST BITE FREE, noun. (law) (informal) the concept that a dog is not considered dangerous until it has bitten someone.

FIRST BLOKE, noun. (AU) (informal) (comical) the male partner of Australia's female prime minister

FIRST BLOOD, noun. The winning situation in a duel in which the first one to draw blood from the other wins.

FIRST BLOOD, noun. The first damage or reverse inflicted on an opponent in a conflict.

FIRST CAUSE, noun. (theology) (philosophy) (sometimes capitalized) An initial cause from which all other causes and effects follow.

FIRST CAUSE, noun. Alternative spelling of first cause

FIRST CHAIR, noun. The premier of several musicians playing a particular instrument in an orchestra: seated closest to the audience, taking the lead for that instrument's movements, and playing any solos.

FIRST CHAIRS, noun. Plural of first chair

FIRST CHOICE, noun. The best choice

FIRST CHOICE, noun. The prime cut

FIRST CHOICES, noun. Plural of first choice

FIRST CITIES, noun. Plural of first city

FIRST CITY, noun. A country's most important city. It is usually the capital.

FIRST CLASS, adjective. Belonging to the best or top group in a system of classification.

FIRST CLASS, adjective. Of, or relating to the most luxurious and expensive class of accommodation on a train, ship, hotel, etc.

FIRST CLASS, adjective. Of, or relating to a class of mail to be delivered before second class.

FIRST CLASS, adjective. (cricket) Of, or relating to a first class match.

FIRST CLASS, adjective. (programming) Of, or relating to a treatment like that for a first-class citizen.

FIRST CLASS, noun. (A status, section, etc which is of) premier rank.

FIRST CLASS MATCH, noun. (cricket) A three- or five-day cricket match, with two innings per side, played under a set of conditions specified and officially recognised by an official governing body of cricket.

FIRST COME FIRST SERVED, noun. (operations) A service policy in which the first to arrive for service receives the service first.

FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED, adjective. Alternative spelling of first-come-first-served

FIRST CONDITIONAL, noun. (grammar) A structure used to talk about possible events in the present or future, containing and "if" clause and a main clause.

FIRST CONTACT, noun. (anthropology) the first meeting between people of two previously unknown cultures

FIRST CONTACT, noun. (science fiction) the first meeting between humans and extraterrestrials

FIRST CONTACT, noun. (astronomy) the moment, during an eclipse or transit, when the apparent positions of the two bodied first touch

FIRST COUSIN, noun. A child of a parent's sibling. A nephew or niece of a parent.

FIRST COUSIN, noun. A person who shares common grandparents but not common parents.

FIRST COUSIN ONCE REMOVED, noun. A first cousin's child.

FIRST COUSIN ONCE REMOVED, noun. A parent's first cousin.

FIRST COUSIN TWICE REMOVED, noun. Grandson or granddaughter of someone’s first cousin

FIRST COUSIN TWICE REMOVED, noun. Son or daughter of someone’s first cousin once removed

FIRST COUSIN TWICE REMOVED, noun. Cousin of someone’s grandfather or grandmother

FIRST COUSINS, noun. Plural of first cousin

FIRST COUSINS ONCE REMOVED, noun. Plural of first cousin once removed

FIRST COUSINS TWICE REMOVED, noun. Plural of first cousin twice removed

FIRST DAY COVER, noun. (philately) a letter or card with new stamp, posted on the day that the stamp was first issued.

FIRST DAY COVERS, noun. Plural of first day cover

FIRST DECLENSION, noun. In Latin, a pattern of inflection of a group of nouns that are declined (inflected) in the same way, and which have an -a- in their stems.

FIRST DIBS, noun. First choice, preference.

FIRST DOWN, noun. (American football) The first play in a series that has a maximum of four downs.

FIRST DOWN, noun. (American football) The act of getting a first down by advancing the ball more than ten yards ahead of the field position where the team took possession.

FIRST E-RIGHTS, noun. (copyright) The right to publish a work for the first time in electronic form.

FIRST FAMILY, proper noun. The family of the President of the United States.

FIRST FIDDLE, noun. The fiddle part generally carrying the melody.

FIRST FIDDLE, noun. The player of the first fiddle part.

FIRST FLIGHT COVER, noun. (philately) a philatelically inspired letter flown on the first flight of a new airline service.

FIRST FLIGHT COVERS, noun. Plural of first flight cover

FIRST FLOOR, noun. (North America) The floor of a building at the level of the street or surrounding ground; the ground floor

FIRST FLOOR, noun. (chiefly British) The floor of a building one above the ground floor

FIRST FOLIO, noun. The 1623 published collection of William Shakespeare's plays. The first such collection printed in folio format.

FIRST FOOTING, noun. (Scotland) The practice, during Hogmanay, of visiting friends and family, especially to be the first person to cross a home's threshold after midnight on New Year's Eve bearing a small gift.

FIRST FREEDOM RIGHTS, noun. The right of an airline of one country to fly over the territory of another country without stopping.

FIRST FRUITS, noun. The first part of a harvest; sometimes made into an offering

FIRST FRUITS, noun. The first profits from an undertaking

FIRST FUNDAMENTAL FORM, noun. (differential geometry) the Riemannian metric for 2-dimensional manifolds, i.e. given a surface with regular parametrization x(u,v), the first fundamental form is a set of three functions, {E, F, G}, dependent on u and v, which give information about local intrinsic curvature of the surface. These functions are given by

FIRST GEAR, noun. The first gear of an engine, which provides the lowest output speed and greatest mechanical advantage.

FIRST GEARS, noun. Plural of first gear

FIRST GRADE, noun. (US) (education) The first year of grade school, the period in school that comes after kindergarten and before second grade. Children usually begin first grade at age six.

FIRST GRADES, noun. Plural of first grade

FIRST HALF, noun. (sports) The period of play before half time, as opposed to the second half.

FIRST HAND, adjective. Alternative spelling of firsthand

FIRST IMPERATIVE, noun. (Latin grammar) present imperative (second-person forms only); compare second imperative

FIRST IMPERATIVES, noun. Plural of first imperative

FIRST IN FIRST OUT, noun. (accounting) A method of inventory accounting that values items withdrawn from inventory at the cost of the oldest item assumed to remain in inventory.

FIRST IN FIRST OUT, noun. (operations) A policy of serving first what has arrived for service first.

FIRST INVERSION, noun. (music) a position of a chord when the third of the chord is the lowest note

FIRST INVERSIONS, noun. Plural of first inversion

FIRST ISLAND CHAIN, proper noun. (politics) The first chain of major archipelagos out from the East Asian continental mainland coast. Principally composed of the Kuril Islands, Japanese Archipelago, Ryu Kyu Islands, Taiwan, the northern Philippines, and Borneo; from the Kamchatka Peninsula to the Malay Peninsula.

FIRST LADDIE, noun. (US) A pun on the term First Lady to describe the prospect of a man (chiefly Bill Clinton) being the spouse of a sitting president rather than a woman.

FIRST LADIES, noun. Plural of first lady

FIRST LADIES, noun. Plural of First Lady

FIRST LADY, noun. The wife (or woman of similar rank) of a male chief executive of a nation; especially the wife of the President of a country.

FIRST LADY, noun. The leading woman in a specified field of endeavor.

FIRST LADY, noun. Alternative spelling of First Lady

FIRST LANGUAGE, noun. The first language one is taught to speak; one's native language.

FIRST LANGUAGE, noun. The language one feels most comfortable and capable with

FIRST LANGUAGES, noun. Plural of first language

FIRST LIEUTENANT, noun. (military ranks) The second lowest rank of a commissioned officer in the United States Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps, ranking above a second lieutenant and below a captain. The rank of first lieutenant is equivalent to the naval rank of lieutenant junior grade.

FIRST LIEUTENANT, noun. (military ranks) An equivalent rank in other military forces.

FIRST LIEUTENANTS, noun. Plural of first lieutenant

FIRST LIGHT, noun. Dawn; sunrise; the moment at which the sun can first be seen on the horizon.

FIRST LINE MANAGER, noun. First-line managers of retail sales workers supervise the employees in the different specialty departments, such as produce, meat, and bakery. These managers train employees and schedule their hours; oversee ordering, inspection, pricing, and inventory of goods; monitor sales activity; and make reports to store managers.

FIRST LOSER, noun. (idiomatic) the second place finisher in auto racing competition.

FIRST LOSER, noun. (idiomatic) second place.

FIRST LOVE, noun. (literally) One's first experience of the feeling of romantic love.

FIRST LOVE, noun. (by extension) The first person to be the object of one's romantic affection.

FIRST LOVE, noun. (idiomatic) (by extension) The thing, place, or activity of which one is fondest; one's most fundamental interest or attachment.

FIRST MATE, noun. (nautical) An officer on a merchant ship next in rank to the captain and responsible to the captain for the safety and security of the ship.

FIRST MATES, noun. Plural of first mate

FIRST MILK, noun. Colostrum, beestings

FIRST MINISTER, noun. (British) (Ireland) The leader of the devolved governments of Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland.

FIRST MINISTER, noun. (Canada) Any of the ten provincial premiers or the prime minister of Canada.

FIRST MINISTERS, noun. Plural of first minister

FIRST MOVER, noun. (philosophy) The initial agent that is the cause of all things; the prime mover.

FIRST MOVERS, noun. Plural of first mover

FIRST NAME, noun. The first element of a full name.

FIRST NAMES, noun. Plural of first name

FIRST NATION, noun. An Indian settlement or band.

FIRST NATION, noun. (Canada) (usually plural) The indigenous peoples of Canada (not including Inuit or Metis).

FIRST NATION, noun. (Canada) (less common) The indigenous peoples of any country or region.

FIRST NATION, adjective. (usually in plural) Of or pertaining to a First Nation or the First Nations.

FIRST NATIONER, noun. A member of a Canadian First Nation.

FIRST NATIONERS, noun. Plural of First Nationer

FIRST NATIONS, noun. (Canada) The indigenous peoples of Canada (typically not including Inuit or Metis); Indians.

FIRST NATIONS, noun. (Canada) (less common) The indigenous peoples of any country or region.

FIRST NATIONS, adjective. Alternative form of First Nation

FIRST NATIONS, noun. Plural of First Nation

FIRST NORMAL FORM, noun. (databases) A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which repeating groups and attributes have been eliminated by putting each into a separate table connected by a primary key - foreign key relationship.

FIRST OF ALL, adverb. (sequence) (idiomatic) Firstly; before anything else.

FIRST OFF, adverb. (sequence) (idiomatic) Firstly; before anything else.

FIRST OFFICER, noun. The copilot of an aircraft.

FIRST OFFICER, noun. The chief mate of a merchant ship.

FIRST OFFICER, noun. The executive officer, second in command of a naval vessel.

FIRST OFFICER, noun. The most senior civil servant in the United States Foreign Service, with responsibility for running an embassy under the authority of and reporting to the ambassador.

FIRST OFFICER, noun. Air Transport Auxiliary rank corresponding to Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force.

FIRST OFFICER, noun. Women's Royal Naval Service rank corresponding to Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy.

FIRST ORDER OF THE DAY, noun. (politics) An item of business that will be discussed before any other item on a particular day when a legislature is sitting.

FIRST ORDER OF THE DAY, noun. A goal or task that is of primary importance and will or should be pursued before any other goal.

FIRST ORDER STREAM, noun. A stream that has no permanent tributaries.

FIRST ORDER STREAMS, noun. Plural of first order stream

FIRST ORDERS OF THE DAY, noun. Plural of first order of the day

FIRST PALATALIZATION, noun. (Slavic linguistics) A sound change occurring in Proto-Slavic, which caused palatalization of velar consonants under certain circumstances, resulting in the hushing sounds č , š and ž .

FIRST PAST THE POST, noun. A voting system where the candidate with the most votes (a plurality) wins, without any form of preference transfer.

FIRST PEOPLE, proper noun. A First Nation; an indigenous North American people.

FIRST PERSON, noun. (grammar) Forms of pronouns or verbs used for the speaker or writer of the sentence in which they occur.

FIRST PERSON, noun. A form of narrative writing using verbs in the first person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to the narrator.

FIRST POINT OF ARIES, proper noun. (astronomy) One of the two places in the heavens when the great circle of the ecliptic crosses the celestial equator.

FIRST PORT OF CALL, noun. (nautical) The first port that a vessel calls in at after the start of a voyage

FIRST PORT OF CALL, noun. (idiomatic) The first place to go to start a process.

FIRST PORTS OF CALL, noun. Plural of first port of call

FIRST PRINCIPLE, noun. A basic, foundational proposition or assumption that cannot be deduced from any other proposition or assumption.

FIRST PRINCIPLES, noun. Plural of first principle

FIRST PRINCIPLES, noun. The set of basic statements on which a method, theory, or organisation is founded.

FIRST QUARTER, noun. (astronomy) The waxing lunar phase, from new moon to half way between new moon and full moon.

FIRST RAIN, noun. The first rainfall of a season, at the start of spring in cold climates or the end of summer in hot, dry climates.

FIRST RATE, adjective. (idiomatic) superb, exceptional; of the best sort; very high quality

FIRST READER, noun. A book for children learning to read, usually consisting of pictures and some basic words or phrases

FIRST RECEIVER, noun. (rugby) - the first player to receive the ball, from a scrum-half (or acting scrum-half). This is often the fly-half, but may be a different player if the fly-half is unavailable, or a forward who will drive.

FIRST REICH, proper noun. The Holy Roman Empire.

FIRST RESPONDER, noun. A member of an emergency service who is first on the scene at an emergency

FIRST RESPONDER, noun. A member of an emergency service trained to provide emergency medical care

FIRST RESPONDERS, noun. Plural of first responder

FIRST SEA LORD, proper noun. The senior Royal Navy officer and a member of the Ministry of Defence.

FIRST SERGEANT, noun. (US) In the United States Army, a non-commissioned officer ranking above sergeant first class and below sergeant major; equal in rank to a master sergeant but with greater command authority.

FIRST SERGEANT, noun. (US) In the United States Marine Corps, a non-commissioned officer ranking above gunnery sergeant and below sergeant major or master gunnery sergeant; equal in rank to a master sergeant, but with command rather than technical responsibilities.

FIRST SERGEANT, noun. (US) In the United States Air Force, an appointment (not a rank) for the senior member of enlisted personnel in a squadron or other unit. The appointment is usually held by a master sergeant.

FIRST SERGEANTS, noun. Plural of first sergeant

FIRST SESSION, noun. (cricket) The session of a day's play between start of play and lunch.

FIRST SLIP, noun. (cricket) The slip fielding position closest to the wicket keeper

FIRST SLIPS, noun. Plural of first slip

FIRST STATE, proper noun. Delaware

FIRST STRING, noun. The members of a sports team who play regularly at the start of a match (rather than being substituted on)

FIRST STRING, noun. The first violinist in an orchestra.

FIRST TEAM, noun. (sports) The first-choice lineup of players in a team who start the game.

FIRST THING, adverb. Early in the morning.

FIRST THING, adverb. Straight away, very soon.

FIRST THING, noun. The basic idea of how to do something.

FIRST TIME, noun. The first instance of sexual intercourse

FIRST TOUCH, noun. (sports) The first touch of the ball, used to get the ball under control.

FIRST TRUTH, noun. A statement that is not proved but rather supposed or held as obvious, forming together with other such statements the basis of a system of statements obtained from them by inference; an axiom.

FIRST UNIT, noun. (cinematography) The team that shoots footage which is of primary importance for the final cut of the motion picture, including all scenes involving actors, or at least stars of the motion picture.

FIRST UP, adverb. (sequence) (idiomatic) Firstly; before anything else.

FIRST VIOLIN, noun. (music) The lead or primary violin role in an orchestra or other ensemble, or in a musical composition, that typically contains the melody and is often more technically demanding than the second violin role. The first violin role is played by a first violinist, typically the best violinist in the orchestra.

FIRST VIOLIN, noun. (British) (music) The leader of the violin section of a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster.

FIRST VIOLINIST, noun. A violinist who is assigned to play melody (usually more technically difficult music).

FIRST VIOLINISTS, noun. Plural of first violinist

FIRST VISION, noun. (Mormonism) A religious belief that God the Father and Jesus Christ appeared to the fourteen-year-old Joseph Smith, Jr. in a wooded area (now called the Sacred Grove) near Palmyra, New York in the early spring of 1820.

FIRST WATER, noun. The highest quality of gemstones, especially of diamonds and pearls.

FIRST WATER, noun. (by extension) Of the highest rank or quality.

FIRST WOMAN, noun. Prima donna

FIRST WOMAN, noun. Eve

FIRST WOMEN, noun. Plural of first woman

FIRST WORLD, proper noun. Those countries aligned with the West during the Cold War, particularly in contrast to those aligned with the East (Second World).

FIRST WORLD, proper noun. Wealthy, developed nations, contrasted with the Third World.

FIRST WORLD PROBLEM, noun. A frustration or complaint only experienced by privileged individuals in wealthy countries

FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS, noun. Plural of first world problem

FIRST WORLD WAR, proper noun. World War I.

FIRST, noun. The first or highest in an ordering or series; "He wanted to be the first".

FIRST, noun. The first element in a countable series; "the first of the month".

FIRST, noun. The time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her".

FIRST, noun. 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).

FIRST, noun. An honours degree of the highest class.

FIRST, noun. The lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving.

FIRST, adverb. Before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake".

FIRST, adverb. The initial time; "when Felix first saw a garter snake".

FIRST, adverb. Before another in time, space, or importance; "I was here first"; "let's do this job first".

FIRST, adverb. Prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost".

FIRST, adjective. Preceding all others in time or space or degree; "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".

FIRST, adjective. Indicating the beginning unit in a series.

FIRST, adjective. Serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage".

FIRST, adjective. Serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse".

FIRST, adjective. Ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate".

FIRST, adjective. Highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections; "first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn".