Definitions for firsts

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firsts first

Spelling: [furst]

IPA: /fɜrst/

Firsts is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 78 anagrams from letters in firsts (firsst).

Definitions for firsts

noun

1. the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
2. the beginning.
3. the first part; first member of a series.
4. Music. the voice or instrument that takes the highest or chief part in its class, especially in an orchestra or chorus. a leader of a part or group of performers.
5. Automotive. low gear; first gear:
6. the winning position or rank in a race or other competition.
7. Baseball. first base.
8. Usually, firsts. Commerce. a product or goods of the first or highest quality. goods produced according to specifications, without visible flaws. Compare second1 (def 23), third (def 12).
9. British University. first-class honors. Compare class (def 18). a person who has won such honors.

Idioms

1. first and last, everything considered; above all else; altogether:
2. first off, Informal. at the outset; immediately:
3. first thing, before anything else; at once; promptly:

adverb

1. before all others or anything else in time, order, rank, etc.
2. before some other thing, event, etc.:
3. for the first time:
4. in preference to something else; rather; sooner:
5. in the first place; firstly.

adjective

1. being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
2. Music. highest or chief among several voices or instruments of the same class:
3. Automotive. low1 (def 31).
4. (often initial capital letter) being a member of the household or an intimate acquaintance of the president of the U.S. or of the governor of a state:

Origin of firsts

before 1000; Middle English; Old English fyr(e)st (see fore¹, -est¹); cognate with German Fürst prince

Examples for firsts

Pears are usually graded in New York into firsts, seconds, and culls.

A civilian, Islamist president is in office, two firsts for this ancient society.

We both expected seconds, hoped for firsts and told our friends thirds.

firsts and seconds were provided with a lamp for each compartment.

Had he taken the most double of all firsts, what more could fate have given to him?

This season will see some other changes and firsts, including a public, outdoor runway challenge.

There are a lot of firsts in the life of the exuberant Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.

It is easier to give specifications for culls, since all grapes not firsts are culls.

She made a string of twenty-five flags, eleven of which were firsts.

There are lawes and ceremonies to be observed both by the firsts and seconds.