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(deyim) atasozu- en onemliyi one alma;gerekli veya dogru sirayi izleme

first char

(Bilgisayar) ilk karakter

first cost

(Ticaret) ilk maliyet

(Spor) ilk devre

(Ticaret) ilk altı ay

first last

(Bilgisayar) adı soyadı

first milk

ağız

first motion

(Askeri,Çevre) ilk hareket

(Bilgisayar) adı

Beni ilk adımla çağırmanı senden kaç kez istemek zorundayım? - How many times do I have to ask you to call me by my first name?

Senin adını biliyorum. - I know your first name.

(Bilgisayar) ilk aralık

first run

(Basın) ilk gösterim

first slide

(Bilgisayar) ilk slayda

first slide

(Bilgisayar) ilk slayt

first thing

derhal

Yarın sabah derhal ayrılmalıyım. - I have to leave first thing tomorrow morning.

Sabah derhal orada olacağım. - I'll be there the first thing in the morning.

first time

(Bilgisayar) ilk sefer

Ben ilk seferi hatırlıyorum. - I remember the first time.

Daha önce burada bulundun mu? Hayır, bu benim ilk seferim. - Have you been here before? No, It's my first time.

first aid

ilk yardım

Ona ilk yardımda bulunabilir misiniz? - Can you give him first aid?

İlk yardım hakkında ne bilirsiniz? - What do you know about first aid?

ilkyardım çantası

first aid station

ilkyardım istasyonu

her şeyden önce

en önemlisi

en başta

first choice articles

ilk önce

first and last

ilk ve son

Ben senin ilk ve son adını sorabilir miyim? - May I ask your first and last names?

first and last

her şeyi hesaba katarak

Üzgünüm, sana birinci sınıfta bir yer alamadık. - I'm sorry we couldn't get you a seat on first class.

Otel birinci sınıftı. - The hotel was first class.

first come first served

birinci mevki

Ben hiç birinci mevkide uçmadım. - I've never flown first class.

first class mail

birinci sınıf posta

first class ticket

sona kalan dona kalır

önce gelen önce gider

first cousin

ilk kuzen

Tom Mary'nin ilk kuzenidir - Tom is Mary's first cousin.

İlk kuzenler evlilik için çok yakındırlar. - First cousins are too close for marriage.

Pazar haftanın ilk günüdür. - Sunday is the first day of the week.

Üniversitedeki ilk günüm oldukça sıkıcıydı. - My first day in the university was rather boring.

first degree burn

Birinci kattaki koltukları isterim. - I'd like seats on the first floor.

Birinci katta bir yangın patlak verdi. - A fire broke out on the first floor.

first generation computer

birinci kuşak bilgisayar

first level interrupt handler

ilk giren ilk çıkar

first in last out

ilk giren son çıkar

first installment

first law of motion

hareketin ilk kuralı

birinci düzey kesinti yöneticisi

first lieutenant

üsteğmen

Tom 20 Ekim 2013 tarihinde üsteğmenliğe terfi edildi. - Tom was promoted to first lieutenant on October 20, 2013.

birinci derecede ipotek

birinci derecede kaldıraç

isim

Fransa'da isim soyadından önce gelir. - In France, the first name goes before the surname.

Mary'nin cinayetinden sonra Tom'unki ilgi kişiler listesinde ilk isimdi. - Tom's was the first name on the list of persons of interest after Mary's murder.

Her şeyden önce, konukseverliğin için sana teşekkür etmek istiyorum. - First of all, I would like to thank you for your hospitality.

Her şeyden önce onu ebeveynlerinle konuşmalısın. - First of all, you should talk it over with your parents.

first order lever

İlk yardım seti, ilk yardım çantası

first catch your hare

İlk yakalamak için tavşan

first come, first served

Sona kalan dona kalır

zemin kat; ıng. birinci kat

first look, first sighting

ilk bakışta, ilk nisan

first mortgage bond

birinci derecede ipotekli tahvilat

first off all

İlk olarak, herşeyden önce

first rate material

birinci sınıf malzeme

first seminole war

İlk Seminole savaş

first in first out stack

(Askeri) (FIFO) İLK GİRENE İLK ÇIKIŞ KAİDESİ: Depoya önce giren mala önce çıkış lüzumu tanıyan envanter usulü

ilk giren ilk cikar yigiti

Bir sorunla ilgilenmeye doğru ilk adım onun var olduğunu kabul etmektir. - The first step towards dealing with a problem is accepting that it exists.

İlk adım en zor olanıdır. - The first step is the hardest.

firstly

önce

Öncelikle, mutluluk para ile ilgilidir. - Firstly, happiness is related to money.

Her şeyden önce bencil olmamalıyız. - Firstly, we mustn't be selfish.

(deyim) öncelikle

Öncelikle size birkaç soru sormama izin verin ve ardından kurulum için bir tarih ayarlayacağız. - Let me first and foremost ask you a few questions, and then we'll fix a date for the installation.

first degree

birinci derece

Fadıl birinci derece cinayetten suçlu bulundu. - Fadil was convicted of first degree murder.

Tom birinci derece cinayetten hüküm giymiş. - Tom has been convicted of first degree murder.

zemin kat

Zemin katta oturuyorum. - I live on the first floor.

Yeni evimde oturma odası zemin katta ve yatak odası birinci katta. - In my new house, the living room is on the ground floor and the bedroom is on the first floor.

first line

(Bilgisayar) ilk satır

first line

(Bilgisayar) ilk çizgi

(Bilgisayar) ada göre

(Bilgisayar) ilk ad

first of all

hepsinden önce

first order

(Gıda) birinci dereceden

(Dilbilim) birinci kişi

first place

(Bilgisayar) birinci

Tom birinci sıraya yükseldi. - Tom moved up to first place.

Adam ilk görüşte âşık oldu. - The man fell in love at first sight.

İlk görüşte ona âşık oldu. - She fell in love with him at first sight.

(deyim) ilk başta

(deyim) en önce

(deyim) her şeyden önce

(deyim) öncelikle

ilk

Uluslararası Sun-Earth Explorer 3 uzay gemisi kuyruklu yıldız Giacobini-Zinner'in kuyruğu boyunca uçarken 11 Eylül 1985'te ilk doğrudan kuyruklu yıldız ölçümleri yaptı. - The International Sun-Earth Explorer 3 (ISEE-3) spacecraft made the first ever direct cometary measurements on September 11, 1985 as it flew through the tail of Comet Giacobini-Zinner.

# 2416352 numaralı cümle benim Tatoeba'da şimdiye kadarki ilk katkımdır. - Sentence #2416352 is my first ever contribution in Tatoeba.

giriş kat

Bir kişinin ilk adı, doğduğunda ona verilen isim

first off

off ilk

dilb. birinci tekil veya çoğul şahıs

first time

ilk defa

Japonya'ya ilk defa mı geliyorsunuz? - Is this your first time in Japan?

Eski arkadaşlarımdan biri uzun süredir ilk defa beni ziyaret etti. - An old friend of mine dropped in on me for the first time in ages.

(Askeri) İLK YARDIM: Hasta ve yaralılara hayati vücut fonksiyonunu yeniden kazandırmak veya devamını sağlamak üzere sağlık personeli dışında kimseler tarafından yapılan acil müdahale

first aid

(Tıp) sıhhi imdat

(Askeri) İLK YARDIM ÇANTASI, İLK YARDIM KUTUSU: İçinde ilk yardım için kullanılacak sargı, temizleme maddeleri ve diğer teçhizat bulunan, küçük çanta veya kutu

(Askeri,Tıp) ilk yardım kutusu

Having no predecessor. The ordinal number corresponding to one

(Spor) birinci kale

Muhabir savaş hakkında ilk elden öğrendi. - The reporter learned about war at first hand.

Bilgiyi ilk elden aldım. - I got the information at first hand.

birinci şahıs [dilb.]

Ben, beş yıl içinde, ilk kez Yoshida ile görüştüm. - I saw Yoshida for the first time in five years.

Paris'e ilk kez gitti. - She went to Paris for the first time.

first time

ilk olarak

Dünya nüfusu ilk olarak 1804'te bir milyara ulaştı. - The world population reached one billion for the first time in 1804.

Onunla ilk olarak ne zaman tanıştığımı hatırlamıyorum. - I don't remember when the first time I met him was.

firstly

ilk olarak

İlk olarak, o senin baban, ikincisi, o çok hasta. Tom, ona kesinlikle yardım etmelisin! - Firstly, he is your father, secondly, he is very sick. Tom, you must absolutely help him!

İngilizce - İngilizce

first teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı

first base

There was a close play at first.

THE favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Perſons of the firſt diſtinction, and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ſeveral new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfection; and diſtinguiſh it from others ; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public.

A first-edition copy of some publication

Before anything else; firstly

A first-class honours degree

Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence

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

The person or thing in the first position

The first gear of an engine

{a} one, chief, earliest

{a} in the first place

You use first when you are about to give the first in a series of items. Certain guidelines can be given. First, have a heating engineer check the safety of the system

The first thing, person, or place in a line is the one that is nearest to you or nearest to the front. Before him, in the first row, sat the President First in the queue were two Japanese students. last

An event that is described as a first has never happened before and is important or exciting. It is a first for New York. An outdoor exhibition of Fernando Botero's sculpture on Park Avenue

The first thing, person, event, or period of time is the one that happens or comes before all the others of the same kind. She lost 16 pounds in the first month of her diet. the first few flakes of snow Two years ago Johnson came first in the one hundred metres at Seoul. last First is also a pronoun. The second paragraph startled me even more than the first He put me through a series of exercises to improve my car control. The first was to drive on simulated ice

the first element in a countable series; "the first of the month"

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

You use first to refer to the best or most important thing or person of a particular kind. The first duty of any government must be to protect the interests of the taxpayers Imagine winning the local lottery first prize of £5,000

preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training"

the initial time; "when Felix first saw a garter snake"

either vocal or instrumental; so called because it generally expresses the air, and has a preëminence in the combined effect

serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage"

a school for pupils aged 4 - 9 years

(/pliant/language/basic/safe pli)Name

{i} person or thing which is first; beginning; first gear, low gear; first place (in a race or competition); highest grade in an examination; one who received this grade (British)

highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections; "first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn"

Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams The idea of an international forum of different teams was introduced 1989 on the first invitational workshop [CSIHW 1/1989] as CERT system Eleven members founded FIRST in 1990 FIRST defines itself in its Operational Framework [FIRST 1992] as: "network of individual computer security incident response teams that work together voluntarily to deal with computer security problems and their prevention" and describes its main tasks as follows: "The primary purpose of the FIRST is to provide a forum for participating organizations to work together to share current information, solve common problems, and plan future strategies "

You say `first things first' when you are talking about something that should be done or dealt with before anything else because it is the most important. Let's see if we can't find something to set the mood. First things first; some music

indicating the beginning unit in a series before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake"

an honours degree of the highest class the first element in a countable series; "the first of the month"

Faculty Innovation & Resources for Technology Center

Forum for Incident Response Teams

primary part of the code used to describe a rock

Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others

This Takes you to the First permit issued in the county / township

You use first of all to introduce the first of a number of things that you want to say. The cut in the interest rates has not had very much impact in California for two reasons. First of all, banks are still afraid to loan

Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest; as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece

a group of CSIRCs that share information and policies

First is used in the title of the job or position of someone who has a higher rank than anyone else with the same basic job title. the First Lord of the Admiralty. the first mate of a British tanker

being the gear producing the lowest drive speed; "use first gear on steep hills"

If you learn or experience something at first hand, you experience it yourself or learn it directly rather than being told about it by other people. He arrived in Natal to see at first hand the effects of the recent heavy fighting

ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"

indicating the beginning unit in a series

before another in time, space, or importance; "I was here first"; "let's do this job first"

initially; at the beginning; previously; for the first time; foremost, before all else

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"

Brings up the Item Information Screen of the first item specified in a Purchase Request Accessible from: the Item Information Screen

the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving

Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc

the present value of the deal-related costs is subtracted from the present value of the net rents

an honours degree of the highest class the first element in a countable series; "the first of the month" the first or highest in an ordering or series; "He wanted to be the first" being the gear producing the lowest drive speed; "use first gear on steep hills" ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate" preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training" highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections; "first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn" indicating the beginning unit in a series before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake" the initial time; "when Felix first saw a garter snake" before another in time, space, or importance; "I was here first"; "let's do this job first

If you say that someone or something comes first for a particular person, you mean they treat or consider that person or thing as more important than anything else. There's no time for boyfriends, my career comes first

You use first when you are talking about what happens in the early part of an event or experience, in contrast to what happens later. When he first came home he wouldn't say anything about what he'd been doing. = initially First is also an ordinal. She told him that her first reaction was disgust

Highest class of degree [University]

first and foremost: see foremost. first one first cause First International first lady Marne First Battle of the Northern War First Persian Gulf War First First World War

{s} being ahead of all others; initial, beginning

The first you hear of something or the first you know about it is the time when you first become aware of it. We heard it on the TV last night -- that was the first we heard of it

If you do something first, you do it before anyone else does, or before you do anything else. I do not remember who spoke first, but we all expressed the same opinion First, tell me what you think of my products Routine questions first, if you don't mind

much used in composition with adjectives and participles

emphasis If you say that you do not know the first thing about something, you are emphasizing that you know absolutely nothing about it. You don't know the first thing about farming

The term first refers to an oclOperation that returns the first element in a given Sequence

emphasis In order to emphasize your determination not to do a particular thing, you can say that rather than do it, you would do something else first. Marry that fat son of a fat cattle dealer? She would die first!

The Lord thy God is one God Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind and with thy whole strength Second - Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself

before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake"

Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams

Last

The first will be the last. - The first will be last.

The first will be last. - The first will be the last.

Far Infrared and Submillimetre Telescope former name of HSO

The upper part of a duet, trio, etc

since half of all the trees on the planet get cut down to make paper, using less paper is a great way to help save our ancient forests Write on both sides of every piece of paper, and try to use scratch paper or half-sheets whenever possible Recycle paper when you are finished with it Put a cloth napkin in your backpack, purse, or lunch pail and use it instead of paper napkins Take a canvas bag to the grocery store instead of using paper bags Use cloth towels at home to clean up spills instead of paper towels, and use real cups and plates instead of paper ones Paper plates and cups may be easy to use, but they are very bad for the rainforests!

In British universities, a first is an honours degree of the highest standard. an Oxford Blue who took a First in Constitutional History

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First Amendment

Of or relating to free speech in general

Our First Amendment class discussed the McCain-Feingold Act today, and I'm convinced people who claim money should be granted First Amendment protection are just defending the corrupt status quo of decades past.

First Amendment

The first of ten amendments to the constitution of the United States, collectively known as the Bill of Rights

Some Republicans believe unlimited monetary contributions to a political party should be protected under the First Amendment.

First Amendment

Of or relating to the US Bill of Rights

First Cause

Alternative spelling of first cause

First Laddie

A pun on the term First Lady to describe the prospect of a man (chiefly Bill Clinton) being the spouse of a sitting president rather than a woman

First Lady

The wife (or woman of similar rank) of a male chief executive of a nation; especially the wife of the President of the United States

An Indian settlement or band

The Campbell River First Nation claims the 40 hectares of prime real estate has been illegally acquired, and it wants the land returned to it, along with damages..

The indigenous peoples of any country or region

As “savages” become soldiers, and soldiers become social activists, the tribe has rapidly developed a First Nations identity as advocates of both stripes mobilize memories of past resistance in different contexts. Whether the state is green or blue, therefore, Taroko memories will continue to shape the relationship between state and tribe.

Of or pertaining to a First Nation or the First Nations

First Nation leaders in Ontario will support demonstrations and protests, until six band councillors are released from jail.

The indigenous peoples of Canada (not including Inuit or Metis)

Generally speaking, the works of First Nations artists were made with materials such as wood, leather or cloth.

The indigenous peoples of any country or region

plural form of First Nation

Of or relating to a First Nation or the First Nations

First Nation leaders in Ontario will support demonstrations and protests, until six band councillors are released from jail.

The indigenous peoples of Canada (typically not including Inuit or Metis)

Generally speaking, the works of First Nations artists were made with materials such as wood, leather or cloth.

First Reich

The Holy Roman Empire

First Vision

A religious belief that God the Father and Jesus Christ appeared to the fourteen-year-old Joseph Smith, Jr. in a wooded area (now called the Sacred Grove) near Palmyra, New York in the early spring of 1820

First World

Those countries aligned with the West during the Cold War, particularly in contrast to those aligned with the East (Second World)

First World War

The war between the Allied and Central Powers between 1914 and 1918

first aid

Basic medical care given to a an injury victim, usually where the injury is slight or where better care is not available

: A standard collection of first aid supplies for treatment of minor injuries or stabilization of major injuries

first aid kits

Plural of first aid kit

first among equals

In the British and other parliamentary systems, a term used to describe the relationship of the prime minister to the other members of the cabinet

The value of First Among Equals lies in its attempt to set out systematically the major roles played by prime ministers, and to provide insights by a detailed comparison of the same office in four countries.

first among equals

A person or position that if formally equivalent to others in a group, but is superior in some attribute

Primarily; most importantly

There are many things to be considered before that question can be answered properly, I said, sententiously. First and foremost, do you love Mr. Edgar?.

first annual

The first occurrence of an event that is scheduled or hoped to become annual

first annual

The second occurrence of an annual event, that is, the first occurrence that is indeed annual

Kissing

Completion of the first phase of an activity

The base after home plate in a counter-clockwise path around a baseball infield

The runner took his lead off of first base.

first baseman

The infield defensive player that stands near first base

First basemen are usually left-handed.

first basemen

plural form of first baseman

first bases

plural form of first base

first bite free

jocular name for the concept in law that a dog is not considered dangerous until it has bitten someone

first blood

The winning situation in a duel in which the first one to draw blood from the other wins

first cause

That which causes everything else; the ultimate creative force or being behind the universe, identified with God by such Christian thinkers as Thomas Aquinas

first chair

The premier of several musicians playing a particular instrument in an orchestra: seated closest to the audience, taking the lead for that instrument's movements, and playing any solos

plural form of first choice

first city

A country's most important city. It is usually the capital

Of, or relating to the most luxurious and expensive class of accommodation on a train, ship etc

Of, or relating to a class of mail to be delivered before second class

Belonging to the best or top group in a system of classification

Of, or relating to a first class match

first class match

A three- or five-day cricket match, with two innings per side, played under a set of conditions specified and officially recognised by an official governing body of cricket

first come first served

A service policy in which the first to arrive for service receives the service first

first come, first served

People will be dealt with in the order they arrive

first come, first served

Alternative spelling of first-come-first-served

first conditional

A structure used to talk about possible events in the present or future, containing and "if" clause and a main clause

If it rains tomorrow, I will wear my coat. is an example of a first conditional sentence.

first contact

the moment, during an eclipse or transit, when the apparent positions of the two bodied first touch

first contact

the first meeting between people of two previously unknown cultures

first contact

the first meeting between humans and extraterrestrials

first cousin

A child of a parent's sibling. A nephew or niece of a parent

first cousin

A person who shares common grandparents but not common parents

first cousin once removed

A first cousin's child

first cousin once removed

A parent's first cousin

first cousin twice removed

grandson or granddaughter of someone’s first cousin

first cousin twice removed

son or daughter of someone’s first cousin once removed

first cousin twice removed

cousin of someone’s grandfather or grandmother

first cousins

plural form of first cousin

first cousins once removed

plural form of first cousin once removed

first day cover

a letter or card with new stamp, posted on the day that the stamp was first issued

first declension

In Latin, a pattern of inflection of a group of nouns that are declined (inflected) in the same way, and which have an -a- in their stems

Most first declension nouns are feminine, but a few like agricola and nauta are masculine.

first dibs

first choice, preference

The boss insisted on having first dibs on the best car space.

first down

The act of getting a first down by advancing the ball more than ten yards ahead of the field position where the team took possession

first down

The first play in a series that has a maximum of four downs

first e-rights

The right to publish a work for the first time in electronic form

first fiddle

The fiddle part generally carrying the melody

O'Neil played a lively first fiddle.

first fiddle

The player of the first fiddle part

O'Neil had been first fiddle in the band for years.

first flight cover

a philatelically inspired letter flown on the first flight of a new airline service

first flight covers

plural form of first flight cover

The floor of a building at the level of the street or surrounding ground; the ground floor

The floor of a building one above the ground floor

first folio

The 1623 published collection of William Shakespeare's plays. The first such collection printed in folio format

first footing

The practice, during Hogmanay, of visiting friends and family, especially to be the first person to cross a home's threshold after midnight on New Year's Eve bearing a small gift

first freedom fights

The right of an airline of one country to fly over the territory of another country without stopping

first fruits

The first profits from an undertaking

first fruits

The first part of a harvest; sometimes made into an offering

first fundamental form

the Riemannian metric for 2-dimensional manifolds, i.e. given a surface with regular parametrization x(u,v), the first fundamental form is a set of three functions, {E, F, G}, dependent on u and v, which give information about local intrinsic curvature of the surface. These functions are given by

first gear

The first gear of an engine, which provides the lowest output speed and greatest mechanical advantage

first grade

The first year of grade school, the period in school that comes after kindergarten and before second grade. Children usually begin first grade at age six

first grades

plural form of first grade

first half

The period of play before half time, as opposed to the second half

first imperative

present imperative ; compare second imperative

first imperatives

plural form of first imperative

A method of inventory accounting that values items withdrawn from inventory at the cost of the oldest item assumed to remain in inventory

A policy of serving first what has arrived for service first

first innings

The first innings of the first side to bat in a match; the first innings of each side considered separately and the first innings of both sides considered together

first island chain

The first chain of major archipelagos out from the East Asian continental mainland coast. Principally composed of the Kuril Islands, Japanese Archipelago, Ryu Kyu Islands, Taiwan, the northern Philippines, and Borneo; from the Kamchatka Peninsula to the Malay Peninsula

first ladies

plural form of first lady

first lady

The leading woman in a specified field of endeavor

first language

the first language one is taught to speak; one's native language

first language

the language one feels most comfortable and capable with

first languages

plural form of first language

first lieutenant

The second lowest rank of a commissioned officer in the United States Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps, ranking above a second lieutenant and below a captain. The rank of first lieutenant is equivalent to the naval rank of lieutenant junior grade

first lieutenant

An equivalent rank in other military forces

first light

Dawn; sunrise; the moment at which the sun can first be seen on the horizon

first line manager

First-line managers of retail sales workers supervise the employees in the different specialty departments, such as produce, meat, and bakery. These managers train employees and schedule their hours; oversee ordering, inspection, pricing, and inventory of goods; monitor sales activity; and make reports to store managers

first loser

the second place finisher in auto racing competition

first loser

second place

first mate

An officer on a merchant ship next in rank to the captain and responsible to the captain for the safety and security of the ship

first mates

plural form of first mate

first milk

colostrum, beestings

first minister

Any of the ten provincial premiers or the prime minister of Canada

A first ministers meeting is used to discuss inter-governmental affairs.

first minister

The leader of the devolved governments of Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland

first mover

The initial agent that is the cause of all things; the prime mover

first movers

plural form of first mover

The first element of a full name

We are not yet on a first-name basis.

first names

plural form of first name

first normal form

A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which repeating groups and attributes have been eliminated by putting each into a separate table connected by a primary key - foreign key relationship

first of all

firstly; before anything else

first order stream

A stream that has no permanent tributaries

first order streams

plural form of first order stream

first past the post

voting system where the candidate with the most votes (a plurality) wins, without any form of preference transfer

A form of narrative writing using verbs in the first person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to the narrator

The winning rank or position in a race or contest

Forms of pronouns or verbs used for the speaker or writer of the sentence in which they occur

Am is the first person singular of to be.

first place

first places

plural form of first place

first point of Aries

One of the two places in the heavens when the great circle of the ecliptic crosses the celestial equator

first port of call

The first place to go to start a process

To find the meaning of a word, your first port of call should be a decent dictionary.

first port of call

The first port that a vessel calls in at after the start of a voyage

After leaving from Southampton, our first port of call will be Gibraltar.

first principle

A basic, foundational proposition or assumption that cannot be deduced from any other proposition or assumption

first principles

plural form of first principle

first principles

The set of basic statements on which a method, theory, or organisation is founded

The rules and regulations don't answer the question. First principles are required.

first quarter

The waxing lunar phase, from new moon to half way between new moon and full moon

first rain

The first rainfall of a season, at the start of spring in cold climates or the end of summer in hot, dry climates

first rate

superb, exceptional; of the best sort; very high quality

A first rate restaurant should offer wonderful food with wonderful service.

first receiver

- the first player to receive the ball, from a scrum-half (or acting scrum-half). This is often the fly-half, but may be a different player if the fly-half is unavailable, or a forward who will drive

first responder

A member of an emergency service trained to provide emergency medical care

first responder

A member of an emergency service who is first on the scene at an emergency

first sergeant

In the United States Army, a non-commissioned officer ranking above sergeant first class and below sergeant major; equal in rank to a master sergeant but with greater command authority

first sergeant

In the United States Air Force, an appointment (not a rank) for the senior member of enlisted personnel in a squadron or other unit. The appointment is usually held by a master sergeant

first sergeant

In the United States Marine Corps, a non-commissioned officer ranking above gunnery sergeant and below sergeant major or master gunnery sergeant; equal in rank to a master sergeant, but with command rather than technical responsibilities

first sergeants

plural form of first sergeant

first session

The session of a day's play between start of play and lunch

first slip

The slip fielding position closest to the wicket keeper

first string

the first violinist in an orchestra

first string

the members of a sports team who play regularly at the start of a match (rather than being substituted on)

first team

The first-choice lineup of players in a team who start the game

first thing

Early in the morning

I'll meet you first thing at the station.

first thing

The basic idea of how to do something

I would help you, but I don't know the first thing about gardening.