"come first" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-come first.ogg [Australia] Forms: comes first [present, singular, third-person], coming first [participle, present], came first [past], come first [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> first}} come first (third-person singular simple present comes first, present participle coming first, simple past came first, past participle come first)
  1. (idiomatic) To win first place in a competition. Tags: idiomatic Translations (win first place in competition): 名列第一 (míngliè dì-yī) (Chinese Mandarin), voittaa (Finnish), tulla ensimmäiseksi (Finnish), arriver premier [informal] (French), побежда́ть (pobeždátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), победи́ть (pobedítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), выи́грывать (vyígryvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́играть (výigratʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-come_first-en-verb-MbUepxfc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of 'win first place in competition': 99 1
  2. (idiomatic) To be the most important thing to consider. Tags: idiomatic Translations (be the most important thing to consider): 放在首位 (fàng zài shǒuwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 第一 (dì-yī) (Chinese Mandarin), olla tärkeintä (Finnish), olla ykkösasia (Finnish), olla ykkönen (Finnish), primer (French), d’abord [adverb] (French), avant tout [adverb] (French), пре́жде всего́ (préžde vsevó) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-come_first-en-verb-V0IT4o-U Disambiguation of 'be the most important thing to consider': 0 100

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for come first meaning in English (4.7kB)

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          "text": "Ooh, baby, do you know what that's worth? / Ooh, heaven is a place on Earth / They say in heaven, love comes first / We'll make heaven a place on Earth / Ooh, heaven is a place on Earth",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "míngliè dì-yī",
      "sense": "win first place in competition",
      "word": "名列第一"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "win first place in competition",
      "word": "voittaa"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "win first place in competition",
      "word": "tulla ensimmäiseksi"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "win first place in competition",
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      "word": "arriver premier"
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      "roman": "pobeždátʹ",
      "sense": "win first place in competition",
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      ],
      "word": "побежда́ть"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pobedítʹ",
      "sense": "win first place in competition",
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "win first place in competition",
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      "word": "выи́грывать"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "win first place in competition",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вы́играть"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fàng zài shǒuwèi",
      "sense": "be the most important thing to consider",
      "word": "放在首位"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dì-yī",
      "sense": "be the most important thing to consider",
      "word": "第一"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be the most important thing to consider",
      "word": "olla tärkeintä"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be the most important thing to consider",
      "word": "olla ykkösasia"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be the most important thing to consider",
      "word": "olla ykkönen"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "be the most important thing to consider",
      "word": "primer"
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      "sense": "be the most important thing to consider",
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "be the most important thing to consider",
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      "word": "avant tout"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "préžde vsevó",
      "sense": "be the most important thing to consider",
      "word": "пре́жде всего́"
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  "word": "come first"
}

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