preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training" 時間、空間、または程度について他のすべてに先行する。
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【下位】 the first of two or the first mentioned of two; "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today" 2者のうち最初の、または最初に名を挙げられたもの。
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serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage" 日/英 »
the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate) 内野（ホームプレートから反時計回りに数える）のベースの最初に配置される野球チームに所属するプレーヤーの守備位置。
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the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" 何かが始まるとされる時間。
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【下位】 the time when something begins (especially life); "they divorced after the birth of the child"; "his election signaled the birth of a new age" 何か（特に生命あるもの）が始まった時間。
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【下位】 beginning to exist or to be apparent; "he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850"; "it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency" 存在するようになる、または明らかになる。
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highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections; "first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn" 音において最も高く、受け持ち、声、楽器またはオーケストラセクションの間で中心の。
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