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come first

come first verb: to win first place in a competition.

Verb

come first (third-person singular simple present comes first, present participle coming first, simple past came first, past participle come first)

  1. (idiomatic) To win first place in a competition.
    • Sally came first in the calligraphy competition.
  2. (idiomatic) To be the most important thing to consider.
    • Near-synonym: override
    • Don't forget: safety comes first.
    Synonyms:
    override

come first meaning in Tamil

come first in Tamil

முதலு

Synonyms of come first

Forms of come first

third-person singular presentcomes first
present participlecoming first
pastcame first
past participlecome first

Questions about come first

What does come first mean?
Come first means to win first place in a competition.
What is come first in Tamil?
Come first in Tamil is முதலு. See Come first meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is come first?
Come first is a verb.
What is the past tense of come first?
The past tense of come first is came first.

Words near come first in the dictionary

  1. come down upon
  2. come down with
  3. come down with one's dust
  4. come down with the dust
  5. come ed
  6. come first
  7. come for
  8. come forth
  9. come forward
  10. come from
  11. come from a Cracker Jack box

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Adapted from Wiktionary: come first (page history and authors); come first (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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