Phrase Hound found 928 phrases and 30 compound words that contain first. The most common are listed below. Open first in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 928
- first-timeHappening for the first time; doing something for the first time.
- first classBelonging to the best or top group in a system of classification.
- first yearA first-year student.
- first aidBasic medical care that is administered to a victim of an injury, usually where the injury is slight or where better care is unavailable.
- first personForms of pronouns or verbs used for the speaker or writer of the sentence in which they occur.
- first of allFirstly; before anything else.
- first quarterThe waxing lunar phase, from new moon to half way between new moon and full moon.
- first thingEarly in the morning.
- First-daySunday.
- first-orderOf one of a series of models, languages, relationship, forms of logical discourse, etc., being the simplest one or the first in a sequence.
- first halfThe period of play before half time, as opposed to the second half.
- first nameThe first element of a full name, particularly when it could also be surname in East Asian and other cultural traditions.
- First WorldThose countries aligned with the West during the Cold War.
- come firstTo win first place in a competition.
- First Place
- first-lineOf first resort.
- First Step
- first loveOne's first experience of the feeling of romantic love.
- first handAlternative spelling of firsthand: Direct, without intermediate stages.
- first choiceThe most suitable and most optimal choice.
- first and foremostPrimarily; most importantly.
- first and lastonly
- first nightThe first public performance of a play or other show, normally assumed to be held in the evening.
- First LadyThe wife of the chief executive of a nation; especially the wife of the President of a country; or a woman (e.g. a relative) who takes on similar public duties, as when the chief executive is unmarried.
- first-degreeAt the first level of some system
Compound words 30
- firstlyIn the first place; before anything else; first.
- firsthandDirect, without intermediate stages.
- headfirstWith the head in front; headlong.
- firstfruitsplural of firstfruit: An offering of the first of the harvest; firstfruits.
- firstfruitAn offering of the first of the harvest; firstfruits.
- webfirstinitially published on the World Wide Web
- FirstspaceSpace as it is directly perceived by the senses.
- feetfirstWith one's feet going first.
- standfirstExplanatory text under the main heading of a news article, smaller than the heading but still larger than the main text.
- firstcomerOne who comes first; a person or entity being the first to arrive, or the first in sequence.