FIRST THING meaning: Initial item or action considered

We found 11 dictionaries that define the word first thing:

General (10 matching dictionaries)

first thing, the first thing: Merriam-Webster
first thing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
first thing, the first thing: Collins English Dictionary
first thing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
first thing: Wiktionary
first thing: Dictionary.com
first thing: TheFreeDictionary.com
first thing: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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first thing: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (first thing)

▸ adverb:  Early in the morning.
▸ adverb:  Straight away, very soon.
▸ noun:  The basic idea of how to do something.
▸ noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see first, thing.

Opposite:

last, final, end, concluding, ultimate

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morning, afternoon, evening, night, midnight, more...

Phrases:

didn't know the first thing about, didnt know the first thing about, doesn't know the first thing about, doesnt know the first thing about, don't know the first thing about, more...

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