final vs first
Definitions
adjective
- occurring at or forming an end or termination
- conclusive in a process or progression
- not to be altered or undone
noun
- the final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournament
- an examination administered at the end of an academic term
Examples
The final section of the traverse was a bit of a challenge: delicate, balancey moves with next to nothing for hands or feet.
He did his final piece of serious work on Tuesday morning, which was grand, and we have just kept him ticking over with a couple of canters.
Pulling one back with another penalty - this time converted by the regular taker - they finally conceded a third.
Definitions
noun
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- the first element in a countable series
- the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
- 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)
- the first or highest in an ordering or series
adjective
- indicating the beginning unit in a series
- serving to begin
- highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections
- preceding all others in time or space or degree
- ranking above all others
adverb
- prominently forward
- before anything else
- before another in time, space, or importance
- the initial time
Examples
When we see her, we remember that hot July day doing five knots pulling Jess and Jerry on a tube and Russ skippering his first yacht.
Blackpool Scorpions notched their first away win of the season against a good attacking Leigh team.
But at lunch on the first day we were approached by the helpful Hotel Manager Henri and offered a swap to an overwater bungalow.
