first - Meaning in Punjabi

first - Meaning in Punjabi

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Definitions and Meaning of first in English

first adjective

1. ranking above all others

   Examples

   • "the foremost figure among marine artists"
   • "the top graduate"
   • "was first in her class"
2. serving to begin

   Examples

   • "the beginning canto of the poem"
   • "the first verse"
3. serving to set in motion

   Examples

   • "an initiatory step toward a treaty"
   • "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"
   • "the initiative phase in the negotiations"
   • "the liner's maiden voyage"
   • "the magazine's inaugural issue"
4. preceding all others in time or space or degree

   Examples

   • "her first baby"
   • "his first political race"
   • "the first day of spring"
   • "the first house on the right"
   • "the first meetings of the new party"
   • "the first phase of his training"
   • "the first time"
5. highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections

   Examples

   • "first soprano"
   • "played first horn"
   • "the first violin section"
6. indicating the beginning unit in a series

first abverb

1. before anything else

   Example

   • "first we must consider the garter snake"
2. the initial time

   Example

   • "when Felix first saw a garter snake"
3. prominently forward

   Example

   • "he put his best foot foremost"
4. before another in time, space, or importance

   Examples

   • "I was here first"
   • "let's do this job first"

first noun

1. 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)
2. the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
3. an honours degree of the highest class
4. the first element in a countable series

   Example

   • "the first of the month"
5. the first or highest in an ordering or series

   Example

   • "He wanted to be the first"
6. the time at which something is supposed to begin

   Examples

   • "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
   • "they got an early start"

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