adjective

 

before coming before all others

Who was the first person to arrive at the party?

 

number 1st written as a word

 

important most important

Sheila won first prize in the photo competition.

 

adverb

 

before before everything or everyone else

I can go to the cinema, but I've got to do my homework first.

 

first time for the first time

I first heard the song on the radio.

 

n, pron

 

the first person, people, thing, or things

Hillary and Norgay were the first to climb Everest.

 

the highest exam result that you can achieve at the end of a university course in the UK