Used in a Sentence

first-person

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for first-person.

Editorial note

One 'side' is a non-anonymous first-person account from one of the major parties in the described event.

Examples7
Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(film, television, video games) Visual presentation through the protagonist or principal character's own eyes.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of first-person gathered in one view.

adjective

(film, television, video games) Visual presentation through the protagonist or principal character's own eyes.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for first-person.

adjective

(film, television, video games) Visual presentation through the protagonist or principal character's own eyes.

Example sentences

1

One 'side' is a non-anonymous first-person account from one of the major parties in the described event.

2

In the process they created the canonical example of a console first-person shooter, the genre that now dominates game sales.

3

I would group the OP's article in with a first-person editorial, not journalism.

4

The first few issues of The Economist were, in fact, written almost entirely by James Wilson, the founding editor, though he wrote in the first-person plural.

5

The other half of that is when your motion isn't translated 1:1 to your perspective in the game (e.g., exaggerated movements in a first-person shooter), that's when you can really feel simulation sickness.

6

If we're playing the pedant game, what I said was: > In the process they created the canonical example of a console first-person shooter Whatever one thinks about Microsoft's involvement in Halo, it wasn't going to be a console game at all without them.

7

Input lag is killer, and users are far less forgiving of it than with something like netflix, where lag between the server sending data and the client receiving data is fine (Keep in mind that most pixels change most frames in a first-person 3d game, so it doesn't compress all that well either).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use first-person in a sentence?

One 'side' is a non-anonymous first-person account from one of the major parties in the described event.

What does first-person mean?

(film, television, video games) Visual presentation through the protagonist or principal character's own eyes.

What part of speech is first-person?

first-person is commonly used as adjective.