first

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noun

1 (also first gear) lowest gear on a bicycle/vehicle

VERB + FIRST

▪ get into, move into, slam into

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As he moved into first, the engine made a strange noise.

▪ engage (formal)

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She engaged first gear and pulled off.

▪ put sth into

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Put the car into first and pull off slowly.

▪ find

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It's very difficult to find first on this car.

PREPOSITION

▪ in first

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I had to drive all the way home in first.

2 (BrE) highest level of university degree

ADJECTIVE

▪ double

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She did Philosophy and English Literature and got a double first.

VERB + FIRST

▪ be awarded, gain, get, obtain

PREPOSITION

▪ first in

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He got a first in modern history.

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adj.

First is used with these nouns: ↑communion, ↑world

First is used with these nouns: ↑act, ↑aim, ↑album, ↑anniversary, ↑appearance, ↑appointment, ↑arrival, ↑attempt, ↑ballot, ↑batter, ↑bid, ↑boyfriend, ↑chamber, ↑chapter, ↑choice, ↑course, ↑cousin, ↑dance, ↑date, ↑degree, ↑division, ↑draft, ↑edition, ↑encounter, ↑episode, ↑finger, ↑floor, ↑frost, ↑gear, ↑generation, ↑girlfriend, ↑glimpse, ↑guess, ↑half, ↑hint, ↑hurdle, ↑husband, ↑importance, ↑impression, ↑impulse, ↑inclination, ↑inhabitant, ↑inkling, ↑instalment, ↑instinct, ↑job, ↑kiss, ↑lady, ↑language, ↑lap, ↑leg, ↑love, ↑manifestation, ↑marriage, ↑measure, ↑meeting, ↑memory, ↑mention, ↑mortgage, ↑mouthful, ↑move, ↑movement, ↑name, ↑night, ↑novel, ↑objective, ↑offence, ↑offender, ↑offer, ↑option, ↑overtime, ↑page, ↑pang, ↑part, ↑phase, ↑portion, ↑position, ↑post, ↑preference, ↑pregnancy, ↑prerequisite, ↑priority, ↑prize, ↑quarter, ↑rank, ↑reaction, ↑recommendation, ↑record, ↑recording, ↑refusal, ↑report, ↑round, ↑row, ↑rule, ↑school, ↑secretary, ↑seed, ↑semester, ↑sergeant, ↑settler, ↑shock, ↑shot, ↑sign, ↑signatory, ↑single, ↑sip, ↑skirmish, ↑snow, ↑snowfall, ↑soprano, ↑stab, ↑stage, ↑step, ↑storey, ↑syllable, ↑symphony, ↑taste, ↑team, ↑term, ↑thing, ↑third, ↑thought, ↑time, ↑train, trimester, ↑try, ↑violin, ↑visit, ↑volume, ↑voyage, ↑warning, ↑wave, ↑wife

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adv.

First is used with these verbs: ↑appear, ↑discover, ↑encounter, ↑introduce, ↑meet, ↑propose