Definition of First

First Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign. Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest; as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece. Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.; -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles. The upper part of a duet, trio, etc., either vocal or instrumental; -- so called because it generally expresses the air, and has a preeminence in the combined effect. Related Definitions: Advance, Air, All, And, Any, As, Because, Before, Called, Chief, Combined, Composition, Day, Duet, Effect, Either, Eminent, Exalted, Excellent, First, Foremost, Front, Generally, Greece, Has, In, Instrumental, It, Kind, Month, Most, Much, Of, One, Or, Orator, Ordinal, Other, Part, Person, Preceding, Preeminence, Rank, Reign, Series, So, Space, The, Thing, Time, Trio, Upper, Used, Vocal, Was, With, Year

First Quotations To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. Buddha First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress. Marilyn Monroe Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given. Mother Teresa Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. Thomas Jefferson The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government. Thomas Jefferson Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence. Thomas Jefferson The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses. Thomas Jefferson The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a splendid misery. Thomas Jefferson Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. Abraham Lincoln

First Translations first in Afrikaans is eers, eerste first in Dutch is eerste first in French is premier first in Italian is primo, dapprima first in Latin is primo, primitus, primoris, primoris, primoris first in Portuguese is primeiramente, primeiro first in Spanish is primeramente, primera, primero