(uncountable) The person or thing in the first position. / (uncountable) The first gear of an engine. / (countable) Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.

(obsolete) Time; time granted; respite.

Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest. / Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest. / Of or belonging to a first family.

Before anything else; firstly. / For the first time.

plural of first

Obsolete spelling of first

(idiomatic) Initially; at the start.

A surname.

The quality of being first; originality; priority

Let's deal with matters of highest priority first; let's deal with matters in logical sequence.