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noun 
  1. (uncountable) The person or thing in the first position.
  2. (uncountable) The first gear of an engine.
  3. (countable) something that has never happened before; a new occurrence
This is a . For once he has nothing to say.
  1. (context, countable, British, colloquial) A first-class honours degree.
  2. (context, countable, baseball) first base
There was a close play at .
Translations: 
  • French: premier(fr)m
  • German: Erste
  • Italian: primo(it)m
  • Spanish: primero(es)m
adjective 
  1. Having no predecessor. The ordinal number corresponding to one.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: eerst
  • French: premier ; -unième (used in compounds)
  • German: erste
  • Italian: primo(it)m
  • Spanish: primero(es)m
Etymology: (term, fyrst, lang=ang)


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