| first | b. most importantly, pertama-tama, pertama sekali: he’s appeared in several films but ~ of all he’s a stage actor, dia muncul dlm beberapa filem tetapi pertama-tama, dia ialah pelakon pentas; c. initially, mula-mula: ~ of all I didn’t suspect anything, but as time went on I began to get worried, mula-mula saya tdk mengesyaki apa-apa tentangnya tetapi lama kelamaan saya mula bimbang; ~ off, mula-mula: ~ off I want to know what you want to spend it on, mula-mula saya hendak tahu kamu hendak membeli apa dengannya; at ~, mula-mula: at ~ I didn’t like durian but now I do, mula-mula saya tdk suka akan durian tetapi sekarang saya suka; last in, ~ out, masuk kemudian keluar dulu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| first | ~ and foremost, pertama-tama, pertama sekali: he is ~ and foremost a poet, pertama sekali, dia pensyair; ~ and last, (fml) in every way, dr /segala, semua/ segi: my grand-father was ~ and last a Victorian patriarch, datuk saya, dr segala segi, ialah patriark zaman Victoria; ~ come, ~ served, siapa dulu dia dapat, tiba dahulu layan dahulu; ~ of all, a. before anything else, mula-mula, pertama sekali, terlebih /dahulu, dulu/; (fml) pertama-tama: ~ of all switch on the machine, mula-mula, hidupkan mesin; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| first | in the ~ instance, pertama-tama; not have the ~ idea, (colloq) sama sekali tdk tahu: I didn’t have the ~ idea how to operate the machine, saya sama sekali tdk tahu bagaimana hendak menjalankan mesin ini; not know the ~ thing, (colloq) tdk tahu /apa pun, -menahu, biji butir/; put /so., st /~, /mengutamakan, mendahulukan/ /sso, sst/: “ I am sorry but I must put my career ~,” he declared pompously, “Maaf, saya mesti mengutamakan kerjaya saya,” dia berkata dgn angkuh; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| foremost | adv; first and ~, pertama-tama (sekali). | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| first | 3. (when enumerating points etc) firstly, pertama(-tama): I have several reasons for resigning. F~ I need a change, saya mempunyai beberapa sebab utk meletakkan jawatan. Pertama, saya mahu bertukar angin; 4. for the first time, pertama kali(nya): this book was ~ published in 1923, buku ini pertama kalinya diterbitkan dalam tahun 1923; 5. at the beginning, mula-mula(nya): when we ~ arrived in Tokyo, we couldn’t speak a word of Japanese, semasa kami mula-mula tiba di Tokyo, kami tdk tahu sepatah pun kata bahasa Jepun; 6. in preference, (lebih) baik, biar: I’ll never help her again: I’ll die ~, saya tdk mahu menolongnya lagi: lebih baik saya mati; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| begin | to ~ with, a. at first, mula-mula, pd mulanya: everything went well to ~ with and then it started to rain, pd mulanya semuanya berjalan lancar, tiba-tiba hujan pun turun; b. in the first place, pertama-tama(nya): to ~ with, he lacks experience, pertama-tamanya, dia kurang pengalaman; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |