first

first (http://definr.com/first)

     adj 1: 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" [ant: last, intermediate]
     2: indicating the beginning unit in a series [syn: 1st]
     3: 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" [syn: inaugural,
        initiative, initiatory, maiden]
     4: serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the
        first verse" [syn: beginning(a)]
     5: ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the
        foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"
        [syn: foremost, top(a)]
     6: (music) highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or
        instruments or orchestra sections; "first soprano"; "the
        first violin section"; "played first horn" [ant: second]
     7: being the gear producing the lowest drive speed; "use first
        gear on steep hills" [syn: low]
     n 1: the first or highest in an ordering or series: "He wanted to
          be the first" [syn: number one]
     2: the first element in a countable series; "the first of the
        month" [syn: number one, number 1]
     3: the time at which something begins; "They got an early
        start" [syn: beginning, commencement, outset, start,
         kickoff, starting time, offset] [ant: middle, end]
     4: the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who
        is stationed at first base [syn: first base]
     5: (Great Britain) an honours degree of the highest class [syn:
         first-class honours degree]
     6: the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor
        vehicle; used to start a car moving [syn: first gear, {low
        gear}, low]
     adv 1: before anything else; "first we must consider the garter
            snake" [syn: firstly, foremost, first of all, {first
            off}]
     2: the initial time;  "when Felix first saw a garter snake"
        [syn: for the first time]
     3: before another in time, space, or importance; "I was here
        first"; "let's do this job first"
     4: prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost" [syn: foremost]