adj<OL TYPE="1"><LI>first, primary, former<OL TYPE="a"><LI>former (of time)<OL TYPE="1"><LI>ancestors<LI>former things</OL><LI>foremost (of location)<LI>first (in time)<LI>first, chief (in degree) adv</OL><LI>first, before, formerly, at first</OL>