first
US /fɝst/
adjective, adverb Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày
Definition
preceding all others in time or space or degree
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
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Word Family
Synonyms
- initialthe first letter of a word (especially a person's name)
- primarya preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
- foremostranking above all others
Collocations
- Easy first timedescribing first time (the first or highest in an ordering or series)
- Medium first quarter sales resultsdescribing first quarter sales results (the first or highest in an ordering or series)
- Hard safety comes firstdescribing safety comes first (the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions)
- Very Hard first mover advantage in technologydescribing first mover advantage in technology (the first or highest in an ordering or series)
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