different between first vs inaugural
first
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /f??st/
- (General American) enPR: f?rst, IPA(key): /f?st/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /f?rst/, /f?rst/
- Hyphenation: first
- Rhymes: -??(?)st
Etymology 1
From Middle English first, furst, ferst, fyrst, from Old English fyrest, from Proto-Germanic *furistaz (“foremost, first”), superlative of Proto-Germanic *fur, *fura, *furi (“before”), from Proto-Indo-European *per-, *pero- (“forward, beyond, around”), equivalent to fore +? -est. Cognate with North Frisian foarste (“first”), Dutch voorste (“foremost, first”), German Fürst (“chief, prince”, literally “first (born)”), Swedish först (“first”), Norwegian Nynorsk fyrst (“first”), Icelandic fyrstur (“first”).
Alternative forms
- 1st, Ist; I, I. (in names of monarchs and popes)
- firste (archaic)
- fyrst, fyrste (obsolete)
Adjective
first (not comparable)
- Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
- Hancock was first to arrive.
- Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.
- 1784: William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c., PREFACE
- THE favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Per?ons of the fir?t di?tinction, and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ?everal new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfection; and di?tingui?h it from others; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public.
- 1784: William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c., PREFACE
Related terms
- for
- fore
Translations
Adverb
first (not comparable)
- Before anything else; firstly.
- For the first time;
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:firstly
Translations
Noun
first (countable and uncountable, plural firsts)
- (uncountable) The person or thing in the first position.
- 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations
- Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
- 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations
- (uncountable) The first gear of an engine.
- (countable) Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.
- (countable, baseball) first base
- (countable, Britain, colloquial) A first-class honours degree.
- (countable, colloquial) A first-edition copy of some publication.
- A fraction of an integer ending in one.
Translations
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
- primary
- primus inter pares
Etymology 2
From Middle English first, furst, fyrst, from Old English fyrst, fierst, first (“period, space of time, time, respite, truce”), from Proto-Germanic *frestaz, *fristiz, *frest? (“date, appointed time”), from Proto-Indo-European *pres-, *per- (“forward, forth, over, beyond”). Cognate with North Frisian ferst, frest (“period, time”), German Frist (“period, deadline, term”), Swedish frist (“deadline, respite, reprieve, time-limit”), Icelandic frestur (“period”). See also frist.
Noun
first (plural firsts)
- (obsolete) Time; time granted; respite.
References
- first at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- FTIRs, SIRTF, frist, frits, rifts
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inaugural
English
Etymology
From French inaugural, from inaugurer, from Latin augurare (“to take omens”).
Adjective
inaugural (not comparable)
- Of inauguration; as in a speech or lecture by the person being inaugurated.
- 2008 August 21, Cape Times, p. 21:
- The University of Cape Town hosts an inaugural lecture by Professor Ian Scott […] on Wednesday at 8pm.
- 2008 August 21, Cape Times, p. 21:
- Marking the beginning of an operation, venture, etc.
- 2009 was the inaugural season for New York Yankees' new stadium.
Translations
Noun
inaugural (plural inaugurals)
- An inauguration; a formal beginning.
- The inaugural of the President will take place in March.
- A formal speech given at the beginning of an office.
- 2009, Teddy Davis, ABC News on March 13, 2009.
- In his inaugural, President Obama proclaimed 'an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics'.
- 2009, Teddy Davis, ABC News on March 13, 2009.
Translations
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Adjective
inaugural m or f (plural inaugurais, comparable)
- being a first occurrence or event
- occurring during an inauguration
Romanian
Etymology
From French inaugural
Adjective
inaugural m or n (feminine singular inaugural?, masculine plural inaugurali, feminine and neuter plural inaugurale)
- inaugural
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inau?u??al/, [i.nau?.??u??al]
Adjective
inaugural (plural inaugurales)
- inaugural
Derived terms
inaugural From the web:
- what inaugural address
- what inaugural means
- what inaugural events are happening tonight
- what inaugural events are tonight
- what inaugural events are happening today
- what inaugural address means
- what inaugural lecture means
- what's inaugural lecture
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