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noun
- (uncountable) The person or thing in the first position.
- (uncountable) The first gear of an engine.
- (countable) something that has never happened before; a new occurrence
- This is a . For once he has nothing to say.
- (context, countable, British, colloquial) A first-class honours degree.
- (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
- 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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