first

/fɜːrst/

意味: 第一、最初のこと

例文: Aki remembered her first piano recital fondly.
　　  アキは初めてのピアノ発表会を懐かしく思い出した。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: first time(初めて), first place(一位), first step(第一歩)

定義: 何かが順番や時間の中で一番最初に来ることを指します。例えば、列の一番前にいる人や、何かを初めてする時に使います。

firstは約800語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: the first or highest in an ordering or series
Noun: the first element in a countable series
Noun: the time at which something is supposed to begin
Noun: 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)
Noun: an honours degree of the highest class
Noun: the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
Adjective: preceding all others in time or space or degree
Adjective: indicating the beginning unit in a series
Adjective: serving to set in motion
Adjective: serving to begin
Adjective: ranking above all others
Adjective: highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections
Adverb: before anything else
Adverb: the initial time
Adverb: before another in time, space, or importance
Adverb: prominently forward

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Adjective, Adverb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

She finished first in the race.(彼女はレースで一番にゴールした。)
This is my first time visiting Japan.(これは私の初めての日本訪問です。)
He was the first to arrive at the party.(彼がパーティーに最初に到着した。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: He wanted to be the first
Noun: the first of the month
Noun: they got an early start
Noun: she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
Adjective: the first house on the right
Adjective: the first day of spring
Adjective: his first political race
Adjective: her first baby
Adjective: the first time
Adjective: the first meetings of the new party
Adjective: the first phase of his training
Adjective: the magazine’s inaugural issue
Adjective: the initiative phase in the negotiations
Adjective: an initiatory step toward a treaty
Adjective: his first (or maiden) speech in Congress
Adjective: the liner’s maiden voyage
Adjective: the beginning canto of the poem
Adjective: the first verse
Adjective: was first in her class
Adjective: the foremost figure among marine artists
Adjective: the top graduate
Adjective: first soprano
Adjective: the first violin section
Adjective: played first horn
Adverb: first we must consider the garter snake
Adverb: when Felix first saw a garter snake
Adverb: I was here first
Adverb: let’s do this job first
Adverb: he put his best foot foremost

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): 1st, beginning, commencement, first, first base, first gear, first of all, first off, first-class honours degree, firstly, for the first time, foremost, get-go, inaugural, initiative, initiatory, kickoff, low, low gear, maiden, number 1, number one, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time, world-class

Antonyms(反意語): end, last, middle, second

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): gear, honours, ordinal number, point, position, rank

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): archidiaconate, arrival time, back, baronetcy, beginning, billionth, catcher, center, center field, cleanup, date, deadline, departure time, distance, dukedom, earldom, eighteenth, eighth, eightieth, eleventh, end, fifteenth, fifth, fiftieth, first, first base, first gear, fortieth, forward, fourteenth, fourth, gearset, goalkeeper, gradation, grade, guard, high gear, hundredth, kingship, last, left field, lineman, mid-off, mid-on, middle, midterm, military rank, millionth, moment, nineteenth, ninetieth, ninth, park, phase, pitcher, princedom, reverse, right field, run-time, second, second base, second class, second gear, seventeenth, seventh, seventieth, shortstop, show time, sixteenth, sixth, sixtieth, steering gear, tenth, term, then, third, third base, third gear, thirteenth, thirtieth, thousandth, transmission, twelfth, twentieth, viscountcy

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): birth, double first, former, incipiency, terminus a quo, threshold

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: initiate, kick off, start

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: science

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: business, conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検5級

TOEIC600

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6, Finding Nemo, Frozen, The Bad Guys, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: