First Definition–adjective | 1. | being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president. |
| 2. | Music. highest or chief among several voices or instruments of the same class: first alto; first horn. |
| 3. | Automotive. low (def. 31). |
| 4. | (often initial capital letter ) being a member of the household or an intimate acquaintance of the president of the U.S. or of the governor of a state: the First Lady; Checkers, the first dog. |
–adverb | 5. | before all others or anything else in time, order, rank, etc. |
| 6. | before some other thing, event, etc.: If you're going, phone first. |
| 7. | for the first time: She first visited Atlanta in 1980. |
| 8. | in preference to something else; rather; sooner: I'd die first. |
| 9. | in the first place; firstly. |
–noun | 10. | the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc. |
| 12. | the first part; first member of a series. |
| 13. | Music. | a. | the voice or instrument that takes the highest or chief part in its class, esp. in an orchestra or chorus. |
| b. | a leader of a part or group of performers. |
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| 14. | Automotive. low gear; first gear: She shifted into first and drove off. |
| 15. | the winning position or rank in a race or other competition. |
| 17. | Usually, firsts. Commerce. | a. | a product or goods of the first or highest quality. |
| b. | goods produced according to specifications, without visible flaws. Compare second1 (def. 23), third (def. 12). |
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| 18. | British University. | a. | first-class honors. Compare class (def. 18). |
| b. | a person who has won such honors. |
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—Idioms| 19. | first and last, everything considered; above all else; altogether: First and last, it is important to know oneself. |
| 20. | first off, Informal. at the outset; immediately: He wanted to know first off why he hadn't been notified. |
| 21. | first thing, before anything else; at once; promptly: I'll call you first thing when I arrive. |
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Premier Definition–noun | 1. | the head of the cabinet in France or Italy or certain other countries; first minister; prime minister. |
–adjective | 3. | first in rank; chief; leading. |
| 4. | first in time; earliest; oldest. |
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Bank Definition–noun | 1. | a long pile or heap; mass: a bank of earth; a bank of clouds. |
| 3. | Physical Geography. the slope immediately bordering a stream course along which the water normally runs. |
| 4. | a broad elevation of the sea floor around which the water is relatively shallow but not a hazard to surface navigation. |
| 5. | Coal Mining. the surface around the mouth of a shaft. |
| 7. | Aeronautics. the
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lateral inclination of an aircraft, esp. during a turn. |
| 8. | Billiards, Pool. the cushion of the table. |
–verb (used with object) | 9. | to border with or like a bank; embank: banking the river with sandbags at flood stage. |
| 10. | to form into a bank or heap (usually fol. by up): to bank up the snow. |
| 11. | to build (a road or railroad track) with an upward slope from the inner edge to the outer edge at a curve. |
| 12. | Aeronautics. to tip or incline (an airplane) laterally. |
| 13. | Billiards, Pool. | a. | to drive (a ball) to the cushion. |
| b. | to pocket (the object ball) by driving it against the bank. |
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| 14. | to cover (a fire) with ashes or fuel to make it burn long and slowly. |
–verb (used without object) | 15. | to build up in or form banks, as clouds or snow. |
| 16. | Aeronautics. to tip or incline an airplane laterally. |
| 17. | Horology. (of a lever or balance) to be halted at either end of its oscillation by striking a pin or the like. |
| 18. | (of a road or railroad track) to slope upward from the inner edge to the outer edge at a curve. |
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