Explore First through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like beginning or opening. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
First in a sentence
Related words
First meaning
- Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
- Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.
- Of or belonging to a first family.
Synonyms of First
Using First
- The main meaning on this page is: Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest. | Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest. | Of or belonging to a first family.
- Useful related words include: foremost, number one, low, beginning.
- In the example corpus, first often appears in combinations such as: the first, their first, first time.
Example sentences (20)
The first joy, the first sorrow, the first success, the first failure, the first achievement, the first misadventure paints the foreground of his life.
Drew Barrymore was the face of the first movie, as she was the first character seen on-screen, the first to play two characters, and the first to die.
He will be the first person from an ethnic minority background to be first minister and the first Muslim to lead the country – as well as the youngest ever first minister.
When elected, she will be the first President from Generation X, and the first woman, the first Black American, and the first South Asian American to hold the office of Commander-in-Chief.
In all, Troy Howard earned a first and three third-place finishes, Oceanside a first, second, third and two fourths, Camden-Rockport a first, second and third and Medomak a first and second.
In addition to establishing the first medical school, the first university teaching hospital, the first business school, and the first student union, Penn was also the cradle of other significant developments.
In Irish set dances, the third couple (sometimes termed the "first side couple") is to the left of the "first top couple" (the couples facing the first top and first side are the "second top couple" and the "second side couple" respectively).
Korolev was the mastermind behind the first satellite, first man (and first woman) in orbit and first spacewalk.
Their first organizational meeting was held on May 11. At that meeting Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. was elected as the first president of the Academy, while Fred Niblo was the first vice-president, and their first roster, composed of 230 members, was printed.
The most senior centurion in a legion was known as the primus pilus (first file or spear), who directly commanded the first century of the first cohort and commanded the whole first cohort when in battle.
And one of the reasons our first quarter was stronger than we thought was with our sales picking up the first quarter, we talked about 58% of our first quarter sales being specs and a number of those specs, we not only got sold, we got closed.
At first glance, it may seem like a bizarre cross between a first-person shooter and a life sim game, but there's actually much more going on beneath the hood than first meets the eye.
Brecel became the first player in Crucible history to overturn a nine-frame deficit and booked his first final in Sheffield, having never previously got past the first round.
Facing their first shorthanded minutes of the postseason after a Josh Manson hooking penalty midway through the first period, the Avalanche passed their first test — and then pair of tests — with flying colors.
First off, Galadriel was the first cousin of Turgon, who was Elrond's great-grandfather, which made them first cousins thrice removed.
First Personal Financial Services purchased a new position in First Bancorp during the first quarter worth about $48,000.
First Republic Investment Management Inc. increased its position in First Trust Cloud Computing ETF by 71.8% during the first quarter.
First steps, first words, first school.
Get a first look at Dyson's first wet vacuum cleaner and its first robot vacuum release in the U.S. since 2016.
Haskell picked up his first career all-conference nod as a member of the first team, while Carr and Marion-Holmes logged their first all-conference accolades as well as members of the third team.
Common combinations with first
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the first 287×
- their first 26×
- first time 23×
- and first 18×
- first quarter 17×
- his first 16×
- first and 13×
- first woman 10×
- first two 10×
- first black 9×