[ adverb ]
■ before anything else
e.g.)
・first we must consider the garter snake
→
first
,
first of all
,
first off
,
firstly
,
foremost
[ adverb ]
■ of primary import
e.g.)
・this is primarily a question of economics
・it was in the first place a local matter
→
in the first place
,
primarily
[ adverb ]
■ before now
e.g.)
・why didn't you tell me in the first place?
→
earlier
,
in the beginning
,
in the first place
,
originally
,
to begin with
[ adjective ]
■ ranking above all others
e.g.)
・was first in her class
・the foremost figure among marine artists
・the top graduate
→
first
,
foremost
,
world-class
[ adjective ]
■ basic and fundamental
e.g.)
・the essential feature
→
essential
[ adjective ]
■ of primary importance
→
basal
,
primary
[ adjective ]
■ preceding all others in time or space or degree
e.g.)
・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
→
first
[ adjective ]
■ highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections
e.g.)
・first soprano
・the first violin section
・played first horn
→
first
[ adjective ]
■ greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
e.g.)
・our greatest statesmen
・the country's leading poet
・a preeminent archeologist
→
leading
,
preeminent
[ noun ]
■ the first element in a countable series
e.g.)
・the first of the month
→
first
,
number 1
,
number one
[ noun ]
■ the first or highest in an ordering or series
e.g.)
・He wanted to be the first
→
first
,
number one
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