We found 13 dictionaries that define the word first past the post:

General (8 matching dictionaries)

1. first past the post: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
2. first-past-the-post, first-past-the-post: Collins English Dictionary
3. first-past-the-post: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
4. first past the post: Wiktionary
5. First-Past-The-Post, First Past The Post, First Past the Post, First-past-the-post, First past the post: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
6. first-past-the-post: TheFreeDictionary.com
7. first past the post: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)

8. First-past-the-post: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

9. First-past-the-post: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

10. First-past-the-post: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

11. First-past-the-post: Idioms

Sports (1 matching dictionary)

12. First past the post: Sports Definitions

Definitions from Wiktionary (first past the post) ▸ noun:  A voting system where the candidate with the most votes (a plurality) wins, without any form of preference transfer. Similar: preselection, primary election, primary, superprimary, perfecta, first in first out, megaprimary, firehouse primary, preprimary, pole position, more... Opposite: preferential voting ▸ Words similar to first past the post ▸ Usage examples for first past the post ▸ Idioms related to first past the post ▸ Wikipedia articles (New!) ▸ Words that often appear near first past the post ▸ Rhymes of first past the post ▸ Invented words related to first past the post