first

first has 21 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• a.. 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.
• a.. Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others.
• a.. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest; as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.
• adv.. Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.; -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles.
• n.. 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.
• n.. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
• n.. the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
• n.. an honours degree of the highest class
• n.. the first element in a countable series; "the first of the month"
• n.. the first or highest in an ordering or series; "He wanted to be the first"
• n.. the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
• a.. ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"