meaning of firs

1. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.
2.
Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others.
3.
Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest; as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.
4.
Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc. ; -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles.
5.
The upper part of a duet, trio, etc. , either vocal or instrumental; -- so called because it generally expresses the air, and has a preeminence in the combined effect.


Related Words

first | first baron lytton | first baron macaulay | first baron marks of broughton | first baron passfield | first baron rutherford | first baron rutherford of nelson | first baron tennyson | first base | first baseman | first battle of ypres | first blush | first cause | first class | first cousin | first cranial nerve | first crusade | first degree | first derivative | first duke of marlborough | first duke of wellington | first earl kitchener of khartoum | first earl of beaconsfield | first earl of chatham | first earl of orford | first earl wavell | first epistle of john | first epistle of paul the apostle to the corinthians | first epistle of paul the apostle to the thessalonians | first epistle of paul the apostle to timothy |

Developed & Maintained By Taraprasad.com

Treasure Words