13 example sentences using first.
First used in a sentence
First in a sentence as a noun
And don't you dare think for one second that you can "just talk to the CEO first.
" If you can say "yes" to the second question, the answer to the first question doesn't matter.
That's why the program details are listed on the first page of the checkout process and not the last.
Imagine if you were the first person to squat land near what has now become Manhattan.
The first time it happens you'll be really upset and threaten to sue, and file a police report.
First in a sentence as an adjective
Compare the first 2/3rds of Matasano's lifetime to the last 1/3rd.
Beverages are an easy thing for the bean-counters to get approval to cut, so when times get tough, they get cut first.
For example, apply it only to the top page at first, and reduce the number of endorsements required for display to 1.
If you have employees, pay them and get them off your books first; employee wages are, depending on the state you're in, the one likely exception to that rule.
Learning foreign languages to high levels of communication proficiency was the first adult learning challenge I took on.
First in a sentence as an adverb
Would you?Well, the first big thing Bezos realized is that the infrastructure they'd built for selling and shipping books and sundry could be transformed an excellent repurposable computing platform.
If you're delaying on this point out of some idea of wanting to "try to fix things first" or "not wanting to be the bad guy," you're just shooting yourself in the foot and downing blood thinners to keep the wound from clotting.
From the time Bezos issued his edict through the time I left, Amazon had transformed culturally into a company that thinks about everything in a services-first fashion.
First definitions
the first or highest in an ordering or series; "He wanted to be the first"
the first element in a countable series; "the first of the month"
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"
the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
an honours degree of the highest class
the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
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"
indicating the beginning unit in a series
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"
See also: inaugural initiative initiatory maiden
serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse"
ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"
See also: foremost world-class
highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections; "first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn"
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"
prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost"
See also: foremost