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first

IPA(Pronunciation)

/fɜːst/

Noun

uncountable countable Britain colloquial in-compounds

(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.

Japanese Meaning

第一位の人または物（例：順位のトップに立つもの） / 一速（エンジンの一速ギヤ） / これまでに起こったことのない出来事、新たな事象

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The first led the procession with quiet confidence.

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先頭の人物は落ち着いた自信を持って行列を先導した。

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Sense（1）

(uncountable) The person or thing in the first position.

He was the first to complete the course.

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Sense（2）

(uncountable) The first gear of an engine.

Sense（3）

(countable) Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.

This is a first. For once he has nothing to say.

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Sense（4）

(countable, baseball) first base

There was a close play at first.

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Sense（5）

(countable, Britain, colloquial) A first-class honours degree.

[Stephen Hawking] […] would go to Cambridge, he said, if they gave him a first, and stay at Oxford if they gave him a second. He got a first.

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Sense（6）

(countable, colloquial) A first-edition copy of some publication.

Sense（7）

(in combination) A fraction whose (integer) denominator ends in the digit 1.

one forty-first of the estate

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firsts

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