(n): relative status
(n): the first element in a countable series
(n): the number designating place in an ordered sequence
(n): the time at which something is supposed to begin
(n): an instant of time
(n): 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)
(n): (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
(n): an honours degree of the highest class
(n): a university degree with honors
(n): the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
(n): a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
(adj): vs. last) -- (preceding all others in time or space or degree
(adj): representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned
(adj): serving as a base or starting point
(adj): occurring at the beginning
(adj): first in order of birth
(adj): used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college)
(adj): preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
(adj): preceding all others in time
(adj): prenominal), prime(prenominal) -- (first in rank or degree
(adj): prenominal) -- (used of the first or originating agent
(adj): indicating the beginning unit in a series
(adj): vs. cardinal) -- (being or denoting a numerical order in a series
(adj): serving to set in motion
(adj): vs. closing) -- (first or beginning
(adj): prenominal), first -- (serving to begin
(adj): vs. closing) -- (first or beginning
(adj): ranking above all others
(adj): vs. worst) -- ((superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities
(adj): vs. second) -- (highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections
(adv): before anything else
(adv): the initial time
(adv): before another in time, space, or importance
(adv): prominently forward
