Main entry: first, first base
Definition: 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)
Main entry: first, first gear, low, low gear
Definition: the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
Main entry: first, first-class honours degree
Definition: an honours degree of the highest class
Main entry: number 1, number one, first
Definition: the first element in a countable series
Usage: the first of the month
Main entry: number one, first
Definition: the first or highest in an ordering or series
Usage: He wanted to be the first
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
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
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
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
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
Definition: indicating the beginning unit in a series
Main entry: first, first of all, first off, firstly, foremost
Definition: before anything else
Usage: first we must consider the garter snake
Main entry: for the first time, first
Definition: the initial time
Usage: when Felix first saw a garter snake
Definition: prominently forward
Usage: he put his best foot foremost
Main entry: first
Definition: before another in time, space, or importance
Usage: I was here first; let's do this job first