I.
noun
1 ( also first gear ) lowest gear on a bicycle/vehicle
VERB + FIRST
▪ get into , move into , slam into
▪
As he moved into ~, the engine made a strange noise.
▪ engage ( formal )
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She engaged ~ gear and pulled off.
▪ put sth into
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Put the car into ~ and pull off slowly.
▪ find
▪
It's very difficult to find ~ on this car.
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
I had to drive all the way home in ~.
2 ( BrE ) highest level of university degree
ADJECTIVE
▪ double
▪
She did Philosophy and English Literature and got a double ~.
VERB + FIRST
▪ be awarded , gain , get , obtain
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ in
▪
He got a ~ in modern history.
II.
adj.
First is used with these nouns: ↑ communion , ↑ world
First is used with these nouns: ↑ act , ↑ aim , ↑ album , ↑ anniversary , ↑ appearance , ↑ appointment , ↑ arrival , ↑ attempt , ↑ ballot , ↑ batter , ↑ bid , ↑ boyfriend , ↑ chamber , ↑ chapter , ↑ choice , ↑ course , ↑ cousin , ↑ dance , ↑ date , ↑ degree , ↑ division , ↑ draft , ↑ edition , ↑ encounter , ↑ episode , ↑ finger , ↑ floor , ↑ frost , ↑ gear , ↑ generation , ↑ girlfriend , ↑ glimpse , ↑ guess , ↑ half , ↑ hint , ↑ hurdle , ↑ husband , ↑ importance , ↑ impression , ↑ impulse , ↑ inclination , ↑ inhabitant , ↑ inkling , ↑ instalment , ↑ instinct , ↑ job , ↑ kiss , ↑ lady , ↑ language , ↑ lap , ↑ leg , ↑ love , ↑ manifestation , ↑ marriage , ↑ measure , ↑ meeting , ↑ memory , ↑ mention , ↑ mortgage , ↑ mouthful , ↑ move , ↑ movement , ↑ name , ↑ night , ↑ novel , ↑ objective , ↑ offence , ↑ offender , ↑ offer , ↑ option , ↑ overtime , ↑ page , ↑ pang , ↑ part , ↑ phase , ↑ portion , ↑ position , ↑ post , ↑ preference , ↑ pregnancy , ↑ prerequisite , ↑ priority , ↑ prize , ↑ quarter , ↑ rank , ↑ reaction , ↑ recommendation , ↑ record , ↑ recording , ↑ refusal , ↑ report , ↑ round , ↑ row , ↑ rule , ↑ school , ↑ secretary , ↑ seed , ↑ semester , ↑ sergeant , ↑ settler , ↑ shock , ↑ shot , ↑ sign , ↑ signatory , ↑ single , ↑ sip , ↑ skirmish , ↑ snow , ↑ snowfall , ↑ soprano , ↑ stab , ↑ stage , ↑ step , ↑ storey , ↑ syllable , ↑ symphony , ↑ taste , ↑ team , ↑ term , ↑ thing , ↑ third , ↑ thought , ↑ time , ↑ train , trimester, ↑ try , ↑ violin , ↑ visit , ↑ volume , ↑ voyage , ↑ warning , ↑ wave , ↑ wife
III.
adv.
First is used with these verbs: ↑ appear , ↑ discover , ↑ encounter , ↑ introduce , ↑ meet , ↑ propose