n
A fundamental rule, upon which other matters hinge.
n
The best result data among many experiments with uncontrolled variations.
v
(idiomatic) To be the most important thing to consider.
n
The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; the beginning.
v
(transitive) To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.
n
(immigration, Australia) departure prevention order
n
(uncountable) The person or thing in the first position.
n
Priority on the use of somebody or something, especially an actor if required in a production.
n
(operations) A service policy in which the first to arrive for service receives the service first.
n
(operations) A policy of serving first what has arrived for service first.
n
A goal or task that is of primary importance and will or should be pursued before any other goal.
n
The basic idea of how to do something.
adj
Describing a process of dealing with people using the principle "first come, first served".
adj
Of fundamental importance.
n
One who comes first; a person or entity being the first to arrive, or the first in sequence.
n
(authorship) A dramatic device in which a future event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
n
Vocation; business; profession.
n
One who or that which brings forth.
n
(UK dialectal) Credit; trust.
adj
Most advanced or important
n
The initial episode of a television show or series of films.
n
(idiomatic) Concluding remark; final advice, instructions, or observation.
adv
(UK, dialect) Alternative form of next [In a time, place, rank or sequence closest or following.]
n
(statistics, modelling) An estimate made by nowcasting.
n
(informal) The most important of a group.
n
(colloquial) The first in a series of events, items etc.; the first remark or sentence of a conversation.
n
The act of formulating of a course of action, or of drawing up plans.
adj
paid after the service (used especially of cellular phones)
n
Abbreviation of Prefecture.
n
Synonym of preference share
v
(transitive) To present a film or play for the first time.
n
(less common) Alternative spelling of premiere. [The first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment, often held as a special event with celebrity guests.]
n
Abbreviation of present. [The current moment or period of time.]
n
Abbreviation of presentation. [The act of presenting, or something presented.]
adj
main; principal; chief; placed ahead of others.
v
(obsolete) To begin; to initiate.
v
(transitive) To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet or rule of conduct.
n
Abbreviation of priority. [An item's relative importance.]
n
The process of assigning priorities to things or tasks.
n
An item's relative importance.
n
Something a person devotes their later life to, after retiring or quitting a former occupation.
n
(business) A fixed point of time in the future where certain processes will be evaluated or assumed to end.
adj
(idiomatic, business) Foremost in one's thoughts; of greatest concern or priority.
n
(uncountable) Relatively highest importance.
adj
Of the highest level of importance
n
(television) A meeting of network executives with the press and major advertisers, signaling the start of advertising sales for a new season
n
(South Africa) down payment, deposit, advance
adv
in the most advantageous area or sphere
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