first
A1Frequent NGSL-1UK /fɜːst/US /fɜːrst/
Meaning
adverb
before anyone or anything else; at the beginning
“‘Do you want a drink?’ ‘I'll finish my work first.’”
determiner
happening or coming before all other similar things or people; 1st
“her first husband”
noun
the person or thing that comes or happens before all other similar people or things
“I was the first in my family to go to college.”
ordinal number
happening or coming before all other similar things or people; 1st
“her first husband”
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“heart about our jobs and about our industry I remember the first video game I ever played it was pong and I loved it by the time I was in high school”
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“First, both chief scientists of NVIDIA were from Caltech.”
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“So the first thing we had to do is tie all eight cameras together”
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