• the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at First base
• the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
• an honours degree of the highest class
• the First element in a countable series; "the First of the month"
• the First or highest in an ordering or series; "He wanted to be the First"
• 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"
• being the gear producing the lowest drive speed; "use First gear on steep hills"
• ranking above all others; "was First in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"
• serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the First verse"
• 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"
• 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"
• highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections; "First soprano"; "the First violin section"; "played First horn"
• indicating the beginning unit in a series
• before anything else; "First we must consider the garter snake"
• the initial time; "when Felix First saw a garter snake"
• prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost"
• before another in time, space, or importance; "I was here First"; "let''s do this job First"

'First' in other languages