EEngVocabularyEnglish vocabulary

Words / A1

adjective · A1

First

FURST/fɜːst/

Before all the others comes first: the first bus, my first day. First can start a list: First, open the book. Last is the opposite end. Fist is a closed hand — one letter, totally different. The first of June is a date pattern.

Meaning

Coming before all the others.

Examples

  • “Monday is the first day of the week here.”
  • “This is my first visit here.”
  • “Read the first page, please.”

Good to know

the first + noun. Opposite: last. Not fist.

New