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1st

UK/fɜːst//fɝst/

1st is the abbreviation of first.

Meaning of first

Adjective

first (no comparative, superlative firstmost)

  1. (no-comparative) Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
    • Hancock was first to arrive.
    Synonyms:
    maiden, prime
  2. (no-comparative) Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.
    • Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.
  3. (no-comparative) Of or belonging to a first family.
    • First Cat; First Daughter; First Dog; First Son
  4. (no-comparative) Coming right after the zeroth in things that use zero-based numbering.

See all 16 meanings of first

Forms of 1st

alternative form1ˢᵗ

Phrases with 1st

Words that rhyme with 1st

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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

  1. 1p36 deletion syndrome
  2. 1PL
  3. 1PP
  4. 1PPs
  5. 1s
  6. 1st
  7. 1st Amendment
  8. 1st Cir.
  9. 1st grade
  10. 1st grader
  11. 1st graders

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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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