Thesaurus: first

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1. a. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.
2. a. Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others.
3. a. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest; as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.
4. adv. Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.; -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles.
5. n. The upper part of a duet, trio, etc., either vocal or instrumental; -- so called because it generally expresses the air, and has a preeminence in the combined effect.
6. adj. preceding all others in time or space or degree
7. adj. highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections
8. adj. serving to begin
9. adj. ranking above all others
10. adj. serving to set in motion
11. n. the first or highest in an ordering or series
12. n. the first element in a countable series