"first come, first served" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: en-au-first come, first served.ogg
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  1. Alternative spelling of first-come-first-served Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: first-come-first-served Related terms: FIFO
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Phrase [English]

Audio: en-au-first come, first served.ogg
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  1. (idiomatic) One will be dealt with in the order in which one arrives. Tags: idiomatic Derived forms: first-come-first-served (english: adjectival form) Related terms: the early bird gets the worm Translations (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive): 先到者,先招待 (xiān dào zhě, xiān zhāodài) (Chinese Mandarin), 先到先招待 (xiān dào xiān zhāodài) (Chinese Mandarin), 先到先得 (xiāndàoxiāndé) (Chinese Mandarin), kdo dřív přijde, ten dřív mele (Czech), den, der kommer først til mølle, får først malet (Danish), wie het eerst komt, het eerst maalt (Dutch), wie het eerst komt, die het eerst maalt (Dutch), unua venis, unua prenis (Esperanto), ensiksi tullutta palvellaan ensin (Finnish), premier arrivé, premier servi (French), wer zuerst kommt, mahlt zuerst (German), fyrstur kemur, fyrstur fær (Icelandic), siapa cepat, dia dapat (Indonesian), chi prima arriva meglio alloggia (Italian), 先着順 (senchakujun) (alt: せんちゃくじゅん) (Japanese), 선착순 (seonchaksun) (Korean), den som kommer først til mølla, får først malt (Norwegian Bokmål), kto pierwszy, ten lepszy (Polish), primeiro a chegar, primeiro a ser atendido (Portuguese), primul venit, primul servit (Romanian), в поря́дке поступле́ния (v porjádke postuplénija) (Russian), в поря́дке живо́й о́череди (v porjádke živój óčeredi) (Russian), поздний гость гложет и кость (pozdnij gostʹ gložet i kostʹ) (Russian), kdor prej pride, prej melje (Slovene), por orden de llegada (Spanish), först till kvarn (Swedish), först till kvarn får först mala (Swedish)
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiān dào zhě, xiān zhāodài",
      "sense": "people will be dealt with in the order they arrive",
      "word": "先到者,先招待"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiān dào xiān zhāodài",
      "sense": "people will be dealt with in the order they arrive",
      "word": "先到先招待"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiāndàoxiāndé",
      "sense": "people will be dealt with in the order they arrive",
      "word": "先到先得"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "people will be dealt with in the order they arrive",
      "word": "kdo dřív přijde, ten dřív mele"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "people will be dealt with in the order they arrive",
      "word": "den, der kommer først til mølle, får først malet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "people will be dealt with in the order they arrive",
      "word": "wie het eerst komt, het eerst maalt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "people will be dealt with in the order they arrive",
      "word": "wie het eerst komt, die het eerst maalt"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "people will be dealt with in the order they arrive",
      "word": "unua venis, unua prenis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "people will be dealt with in the order they arrive",
      "word": "ensiksi tullutta palvellaan ensin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "people will be dealt with in the order they arrive",
      "word": "premier arrivé, premier servi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "people will be dealt with in the order they arrive",
      "word": "wer zuerst kommt, mahlt zuerst"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "people will be dealt with in the order they arrive",
      "word": "fyrstur kemur, fyrstur fær"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "people will be dealt with in the order they arrive",
      "word": "siapa cepat, dia dapat"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "people will be dealt with in the order they arrive",
      "word": "chi prima arriva meglio alloggia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せんちゃくじゅん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "senchakujun",
      "sense": "people will be dealt with in the order they arrive",
      "word": "先着順"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seonchaksun",
      "sense": "people will be dealt with in the order they arrive",
      "word": "선착순"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "people will be dealt with in the order they arrive",
      "word": "den som kommer først til mølla, får først malt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "people will be dealt with in the order they arrive",
      "word": "kto pierwszy, ten lepszy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "people will be dealt with in the order they arrive",
      "word": "primeiro a chegar, primeiro a ser atendido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "people will be dealt with in the order they arrive",
      "word": "primul venit, primul servit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "пе́рвым при́был — первым обслу́жен (pérvym príbyl — pervym obslúžen)",
      "sense": "people will be dealt with in the order they arrive"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v porjádke postuplénija",
      "sense": "people will be dealt with in the order they arrive",
      "word": "в поря́дке поступле́ния"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v porjádke živój óčeredi",
      "sense": "people will be dealt with in the order they arrive",
      "word": "в поря́дке живо́й о́череди"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pozdnij gostʹ gložet i kostʹ",
      "sense": "people will be dealt with in the order they arrive",
      "word": "поздний гость гложет и кость"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "people will be dealt with in the order they arrive",
      "word": "kdor prej pride, prej melje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "people will be dealt with in the order they arrive",
      "word": "por orden de llegada"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "people will be dealt with in the order they arrive",
      "word": "först till kvarn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "people will be dealt with in the order they arrive",
      "word": "först till kvarn får först mala"
    }
  ],
  "word": "first come, first served"
}

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    "English coordinated pairs",
    "English ellipses",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English idioms",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrases",
    "English reduplications",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Slovene translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "first come, first served (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "FIFO"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "first-come-first-served"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of first-come-first-served"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "first-come-first-served",
          "first-come-first-served#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "audio": "en-au-first come, first served.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a4/En-au-first_come%2C_first_served.ogg/En-au-first_come%2C_first_served.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/En-au-first_come%2C_first_served.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "first come, first served"
}

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