Definition of First

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Definition of First

First

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.

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

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

Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.; -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles.

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.

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First Quotations

Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given.
Mother Teresa

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
Buddha

Building a better you is the first step to building a better America.
Zig Ziglar

First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.
Marilyn Monroe

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Thomas Jefferson

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
Thomas Jefferson

Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence.
Thomas Jefferson

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.
Thomas Jefferson

The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a splendid misery.
Thomas Jefferson

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
Stephen Covey

First Translations

first in Afrikaans is eers, eerste
first in Dutch is eerste
first in French is premier
first in Italian is primo, dapprima
first in Latin is primo, primitus, primoris, primoris, primoris
first in Portuguese is primeiramente, primeiro
first in Spanish is primeramente, primera, primero

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