Main entry: start, starting time, showtime, beginning, get-go, outset, offset, commencement, kickoff, first
Definition: the time at which something is supposed to begin
Usage: they got an early start; she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
Definition: the point in time at which something ends
Antonyms: middle
Definition: time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period
Main entry: first
Definition: preceding all others in time or space or degree
Usage: 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
Antonyms: last
Definition: coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining
Antonyms: incident, incidental
Definition: (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
Antonyms: unoriginal
Definition: not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual
Main entry: first
Definition: highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections
Usage: first soprano; the first violin section; played first horn
Antonyms: second
Definition: a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first
Main entry: world-class, first, foremost
Definition: ranking above all others
Usage: was first in her class; the foremost figure among marine artists; the top graduate
Antonyms: worst
Definition: the weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable of
Antonyms: worst
Definition: (superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition
Main entry: first, beginning
Definition: serving to begin
Usage: the beginning canto of the poem; the first verse
Main entry: first, maiden, initiative, initiatory, inaugural
Definition: serving to set in motion
Usage: 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
Main entry: first, 1st
Definition: indicating the beginning unit in a series
Antonyms: cardinal
Definition: being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order