1st
UK/fɜːst//fɝst/
1st is the abbreviation of first.
Meaning of first
Adjective
first (no comparative, superlative firstmost)
- Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
- Hancock was first to arrive.
- Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.
- Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.
- Of or belonging to a first family.
- First Cat; First Daughter; First Dog; First Son
- Coming right after the zeroth in things that use zero-based numbering.
Forms of 1st
| alternative form | 1ˢᵗ |
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Phrases with 1st
Words that rhyme with 1st
Questions about 1st
- What is 1st the abbreviation of?
- 1st is the abbreviation of first.
- How do you pronounce 1st?
- 1st is pronounced /fɝst/ (US).
Words near 1st in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: 1st (page history and authors); first (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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