[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

first \first\ f~erst, a. oe. first, furst, as. fyrst; akin
   to icel. fyrstr, sw.  dan. f"orste, ohg. furist, g.
   f"urst prince; a superlatiye form of e. for, fore. see
   for, fore, and cf. formeer, foremost.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

   2. foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others.
      1913 webster

   3. most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest;
      as, demosthenes was the first orator of greece.
      1913 webster

   at first blush. see under blush.

   at first hand, from the first or original source; without
      the intervention of any agent.
      1913 webster

            it is the intention of the person to reveal it at
            first hand, by way of mouth, to yourself. --dickens.

   first coat plastering, the solid foundation of coarse
      stuff, on which the rest is placed; it is thick, and
      crossed with lines, so as to give a bond for the next
      coat.

   first day, sunday; -- so called by the friends.

   first floor.
      a the ground floor. u.s.
      b the floor next above the ground floor. eng.

   first fruit or first fruits.
      a the fruits of the season earliest gathered.
      b feudal law one year's profits of lands belonging to
          the king on the death of a tenant who held directly
          from him.
      c eng. eccl. law the first year's whole profits of a
          benefice or spiritual living.
      d the earliest effects or results.
          1913 webster

                see, father, what first fruits on earth are
                sprung
                from thy implanted grace in man  --milton.

   first mate, an officer in a merchant vessel next in rank to
      the captain.

   first name, same as christian name. see under name, n.
      

   first officer naut., in the merchant service, same as
      first mate above.

   first sergeant mil., the ranking non-commissioned officer
      in a company; the orderly sergeant. --farrow.

   first watch naut., the watch from eight to twelve at
      midnight; also, the men on duty during that time.

   first water, the highest quality or purest luster; -- said
      of gems, especially of diamond and pearls.

   syn: primary; primordial; primitive; primeval; pristine;
        highest; chief; principal; foremost.
        1913 webster
see also:
for fore formeer foremost at first blush blush 
at first hand first coat first day first floor first fruit 
first fruits first mate first name christian name name 
first officer first sergeant first watch first water 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

first \first\ f~erst, adv.
   before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.;
   -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles.
   1913 webster

         adam was first formed, then eve.         --1 tim. ii.
                                                  13.
   1913 webster

   at first, at the first, at the beginning or origin.

   first or last, at one time or another; at the beginning or
      end.
      1913 webster

            and all are fools and lovers first or last.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster
see also:
at first at the first first or last 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

first \first\, n. mus.
   the upper part of a duet, trio, etc., either vocal or
   instrumental; -- so called because it generally expresses the
   air, and has a pre"eminence in the combined effect.
   1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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: beginninga
     5: ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the
        foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"
        syn: foremost, world-class
     6: 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 is supposed to begin; "they got
        an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the
        man for her" syn: beginning, commencement, outset,
        get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime,
         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: 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
see also:
last intermediate 1st inaugural initiative initiatory 
maiden beginninga foremost world-class second 
low number one number 1 beginning commencement 
outset get-go start kickoff starting time 
showtime offset middle end first base 
first-class honours degree first gear low gear firstly first of all 
first off for the first time 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

168 moby thesaurus words for "first":
   ab initio, ab ovo, aborigine, ahead, alpha, antecedent, anterior,
   anticipatory, arch, at first, at the start, banner, basic, before,
   before everything, beforehand, beginning, blue ribbon, breaking-in,
   by choice, by election, by vote, capital, cardinal, central,
   champion, chief, chiefly, ci-devant, commencement, crowning,
   dominant, earlier, earliest, early, elder, elementary, eminent,
   essential, exordial, first and foremost, first blush, first glance,
   first impression, first inning, first lap, first move, first place,
   first round, first sight, first stage, first step, first thing,
   firstly, focal, fore, foregoing, forehand, foremost, former,
   forward, from the beginning, front, frontal, fundamental, gambit,
   great, head, heading, headmost, hegemonic, highest, in advance,
   in front, in preference, in the beginning, in the forefront,
   in the foreground, in the front, in the lead, inaugural, inception,
   initial, initially, initiative, initiatory, key, le premier pas,
   leading, least, magisterial, maiden, main, mainly, master, measly,
   older, oldest, opening, opening move, original, originally, outset,
   outstanding, overruling, paramount, pioneer, precedent, preceding,
   precessional, precurrent, precursory, predominant, preeminent,
   preexistent, prefatory, preferably, preliminary, preludial,
   prelusive, premier, preparatory, preponderant, prevailing,
   prevenient, previous, primal, primarily, primary, prime,
   primitiveness, primitivity, primo, primogenial, primordial,
   principal, principally, prior, pristine, proemial, propaedeutic,
   ranking, rather, rather than, ruling, senior, slight, slightest,
   slim, smallest, sooner, sooner than, sovereign, star, start,
   stellar, supereminent, supreme, to the fore, to the front,
   topflight, trifling, triumph, trivial, up ahead, victory,
   warming-up, win

[6] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

first
     forschungsinstitut fuer rechnerarchitektur und softwaretechnik org.,
     gmd, berlin, germany
     
     

[7] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

first
     forum of incident response and security org., nist
     
     

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