Словарь синонимов английского языка - first

(adj) 1. foremost, leading, chief, head, premier, prime, primary, principal, pre-eminent: The Kennedys were regarded as among 'the first people of Boston'. I heard that your son is now first violinist in the Philharmonic. 2. earliest, original, senior, oldest; initial, beginning, maiden, opening: The first clock in England was made about 1288. The first assault resulted in great loss of life. 3. fundamental, elementary, basic, primary, cardinal, key, essential: It is necessary to return to first principles. -(adv) 4. before, in front, earliest, beforehand, ahead, sooneb, foremost: Bannister came in first. 5. in the first place, firstly, before all or anything else, initially, at the outset or beginning, to begin or start with, from the start, Colloq first off: First, I want to thank you all for coming to my party. -(n) 6. beginning, start, inception, commencement, outset, Colloq word go: I knew you'd win from the first. 7. first place, blue ribbon, gold (medal), triumph, victory; win: Britain achieved three firsts in iesterday's athletics meeting. 8. at first. initially, in the beginning, at the start or outset, Colloa from the word go: I didn't believe him at first.