first and last
first and last adjective: only.
Adjective
first and last (not comparable)
- only
- This is the first and last time I'm doing this.
Noun
first and last (plural firsts and lasts)
- A person's combined given name and surname.
- Hi, Yes, I'm here to register as a new primary care patient.
OK, I'll have you fill out a form on this digital tablet, but first I need your first and last, date of birth, and the last four of your social [the ending digits of an identification number].
- Hi, Yes, I'm here to register as a new primary care patient.
Adverb
first and last (not comparable)
- altogether; wholly
- He is a gentleman, first and last.
- I had been a cad, a scoundrel, first and last. Sofia had been courageous in her misfortune; she had never wished to be a burden on me; she had hidden nothing from me as regards her past; I had sworn that her past no longer mattered, and then I had beaten her nearly to death.1937, Gian Dàuli, The Wheel Turns, page 345
- Synonyms:
- absolutely, all-out, tout à fait, all the way, stone-cold, blind, altogether, stark, cold, at large
first and last meaning in Bengali
first and last in Bengali
- একমাত্র, সম্পূর্ণরূপে, পুরোপুরি
Synonyms of first and last
- absolutely
- all-out
- tout à fait
- all the way
- stone-cold
- blind
- altogether
- stark
- cold
- cap-a-pie
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- categorically
- completely
- detailly
- downright
- entirely
- exhaustively
- finally
- flat-out
- flat out
- from aardvark to zymurgy
- from A to Z
- from head to toe
- from soup to nuts
- from stem to stern
- from the rooter to the tooter
- from top to bottom
- from top to toe
- fully
- handsomely
- heartily
- head to foot
- head to tail
- head to toe
- hook
- line
- and sinker
- in detail
- in full
- lock
- stock
Forms of first and last
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Questions about first and last
- What does first and last mean?
- First and last means only.
- What is first and last in Bengali?
- First and last in Bengali is একমাত্র, সম্পূর্ণরূপে, পুরোপুরি. See First and last meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is first and last?
- First and last can be an adjective, a noun or an adverb.
Words near first and last in the dictionary
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