first

first
adj. eerste
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adv. eerst; aan het begin; in het begin; allereerst; aanvankelijk
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n. eerste; begin; eerste versnelling; eerste plaats; uitstekend (cijfer)
first1
[ fə:st]
I 〈telbaar zelfstandig naamwoord; niet te scheiden van het voornaamwoord〉
eerste 〈van de maand, van versnelling enz.〉
〈sport〉eerste plaatsoverwinning, winnaar
〈Brits-Engels; universiteit〉hoogste cijfer〈ongeveer〉 summa cum laude 〈bij examen〉
voorbeelden:
2   a well-deserved first een welverdiende overwinning
II 〈niet-telbaar zelfstandig naamwoord〉
begin
voorbeelden:
1   at first aanvankelijk, eerst
     from the first van in/bij het begin
     it was a disaster from first to last het was een compleet fiasco
III 〈meervoud〉 〈handel〉
eersteklasgoederen
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first2
〈telwoord; als voornaamwoord〉
eerste
voorbeelden:
1   the first in the row de voorste in de rij
     she came out first ze behaalde de eerste plaats
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first3
〈bijwoord〉
eerst
lievereerder
→ firstlyfirstly/
voorbeelden:
1   when did you first meet? wanneer hebben jullie elkaar voor het eerst ontmoet?
     he told her first hij vertelde het eerst aan haar
     but first he told her maar eerst/vooraf vertelde hij het aan haar
     first and foremost in de eerste plaats, bovenal
     first and last alles samengenomen, over het algemeen
     first off we visited Dover om te beginnen bezochten wij Dover
     first of all in de eerste plaats, om te beginnen
2   she'd die first rather than give in ze zou eerder sterven dan toe te geven
→ comecome/
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first4
〈telwoord; als determinator〉
eerste〈figuurlijk〉 voornaamste, belangrijkste
voorbeelden:
1   first approximation eerste benadering
     first cause voornaamste oorzaak, grondoorzaak
     〈Brits-Engels〉 first form eerste klas 〈school〉
     in the first place in de eerste plaats
     he doesn't know the first thing about maths hij kent niet de allerelementairste begrippen van de wiskunde
     I'll take the first train ik neem de eerstvolgende trein
→ cousincousin/, ladylady/, thingthing/

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