ETYM Old Eng. first, furst, as. fyrst; akin to Icel. fyrstr, Swed. and Dan. förste, Old High Germ. furist, German fürst prince; a superlatiye form of Eng. for, fore. Related to For, Fore, Formeer, Foremost.
1. Preceding all others in time or space or degree.
2. Ranking above all others; SYN. foremost, top.
3. Indicating the beginning unit in a series; SYN. 1st.
4. Being the gear producing the lowest drive speed; SYN. low.
5. (Music) Highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections.

1. Before another in time, space, or importance
2. Before anything else; SYN. firstly, foremost, first of all, first off.
3. The initial time; SYN. for the first time.

1. The first or highest in an ordering or series:; SYN. number one.
2. The first element in a countable series; SYN. number one, number 1.
3. (Great Britain) An honours degree of the highest class; SYN. first-class honours degree.

Acronym for Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams. An organization within the Internet Society (ISOC) that coordinates with CERT in order to encourage information sharing and a unified response to security threats. See also CERT, Internet Society.