English to English
adjective
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections
First soprano.
The first violin section.
Played first horn.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- the first or highest in an ordering or series
He wanted to be the first.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the first element in a countable series
The first of the month.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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)
source: WordNet 3.0
- an honours degree of the highest class
source: WordNet 3.0
- the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
source: WordNet 3.0
- The upper part of a duet, trio, etc., either vocal or instrumental; -- so called because it generally expresses the air, and has a preëminence in the combined effect.
source: Webster 1913
adverb
- before anything else
First we must consider the garter snake.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the initial time
When Felix first saw a garter snake.
source: WordNet 3.0
- before another in time, space, or importance
I was here first.
Let's do this job first.
source: WordNet 3.0
- prominently forward
He put his best foot foremost.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.; -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- indicating the beginning unit in a series
source: WordNet 3.0
- serving to set in motion
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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- serving to begin
The beginning canto of the poem.
The first verse.
source: WordNet 3.0
- ranking above all others
Was first in her class.
The foremost figure among marine artists.
The top graduate.
source: WordNet 3.0
English to Tagalog
adj
- [first] Una
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
adv
- [first] Panguna
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
noun
- [fírst-kauzn] Pinsang buô
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
