first

US /fɚst/

UK /fɜ:st/

A1

noun

  • Something that has not happened before
  • The highest class of honours in a university degree.
  • An initial experience.
  • The lowest forward gear in a motor vehicle.
  • The leading part in a musical composition.
  • Position of the winner of a competition

adverb

  • Before doing something else.
  • Before anything else; previously.

adjective

  • Being the earliest of its kind; initial.
  • Happening or coming earliest.
  • 1st; Coming before all others in time or place
  • Most important or prominent.
  • Being the ordinal number corresponding to one.
  • Coming before all others in time or order.