amerikai:
brit:
1. The person or thing in the first position.
He was the first to complete the course.
2. The first gear of an engine.
3. Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.
This is a first. For once he has nothing to say.
4. First base
There was a close play at first.
5. A first-class honours degree.
6. A first-edition copy of some publication.
7. A fraction of an integer ending in one.
one forty-first of the estate
1. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
I was the first runner to reach the finish line, and won the race.
2. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.
Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.
1. Before anything else; firstly.
Clean the sink first, before you even think of starting to cook.
2. For the first time;
I first witnessed a death when I was nine years old.
1. Time; time granted; respite.