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Type Words
Synonyms first base
Type of position
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Synonyms 1st
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Synonyms inaugural, initiative, initiatory, maiden


his first (or maiden) speech in Congress.
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Synonyms beginning


the first verse.
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Synonyms beginning, commencement, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time
Type of point, point in time
Has types threshold, incipiency, starting point, birth, incipience, terminus a quo
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Synonyms foremost, world-class


was first in her class.
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Synonyms foremost
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Synonyms first gear, low, low gear
Type of gear mechanism, gear
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Synonyms number 1, number one
Type of ordinal number, no., ordinal


the first of the month.
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Synonyms first of all, first off, firstly, foremost


first we must consider the garter snake.
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Synonyms number one
Type of rank
Has types former


He wanted to be the first.
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Synonyms first-class honours degree
Type of honours degree, honours
Has types double first
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first soprano.
the first violin section.
played first horn.
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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.

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About 320,000 people downloaded Evernote in the first week of the Mac App Store.
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That's a period when we first started being known as the Monsters of the Midway.
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One of the first places to start the inevitable cuts should be federal pensions.
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The first quarter was tied 10-10, but Naperville North increasingly pulled away.
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This was not the first time Elgin has been featured in a well-known publication.
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After getting 7 goals in the first seven games, Hossa has just 2 in his last 19.
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She missed two targets in the first standing shooting to slip from 12th to 14th.
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Feely has exploded onto the scene in her first season of high school gymnastics.
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Darren first hooked up with Journeys in the late 1990s when he was between jobs.
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  • Before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake"
  • 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"
  • Indicating the beginning unit in a series
  • The initial time; "when Felix first saw a garter snake"
  • Before another in time, space, or importance; "I was here first"; "let's do this job first"
  • Beginning: 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"
  • For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) is an organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen and Professor Woodie Flowers in 1989 to develop ways to inspire students in engineering and technology fields. ...
  • First is Denise Ho's debut album.
  • First is the first official recording by the metal band Baroness . The art work was done by Baroness singer John Baizley .