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Definition: First And Last |
First And LastAdverb1. Taking everything together; "she was first and last a scientist". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: First And LastSynonym: above all (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Unity | Unaccompanied, unattended; solus, single-handed; singular, odd, unique, unrepeated, azygous, first and last; isolated; (disjoined); insular. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: First And Last |
| English words defined with "first and last": above all, alpha and omega ♦ Choriambus, Clear days ♦ Faints ♦ Repetend ♦ Tetrachord. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "first and last": Asclepiadics ♦ book sewer, BOOK-SEWING-MACHINE OPERATOR I ♦ CARD CHANGER, JACQUARD LOOM, card hanger, Crillon ♦ English welt ♦ First, Former, French welt ♦ gear ratio ♦ interpolation-sequential search ♦ jacquard-pattern servicer ♦ pattern changer and repairer, pattern hanger, Printers Marks, proinsulin, pulse duration ♦ roll welt ♦ tape-sewing-machine operator, tubular welt. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "first and last": Diapason. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Safety First and Last (1915) The First and Last (1996) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Heavily retouched photograph taken circa 1861-65. He served in USS Kearsarge during the Civil War, reportedly firing the first and last guns during her engagement with CSS Alabama on 19 June 1864. Credit: NAVY. |  | Photographed circa the 1880s or 1890s. As a U.S. Marine Corps Corporal, he served in USS Kearsarge during the Civil War, reportedly firing the first and last guns during her engagement with CSS Alabama on 19 June 1864. Credit: NAVY. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Christian Nevell Bovee | Our first and last love is... self-love. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Equatorial Guinea | Equatoguineans tend to have both a Spanish first name and an African first and last name. (references) |
Colombia | Brief national strikes by public workers occurred in the first and last quarters of 2000 while strikes continued throughout the first half of 2001 mainly to protest against plans to reform the pension regime and the regime that governs central government transfers to regions and municipalities for health and education spending. (references) | |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | If we turn our thoughts to the condition of their country, in the contrast of the first and last day of that half century, how resplendent and sublime is the transition from gloom to glory! |
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| Expression | Frequency per Day |
first and last | 134 |
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| Language | Translations for "first and last"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vonnis in eerste en laatste aanleg (if the case is within the jurisdiction of one court only, judgment by court of first and last resort). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ensimmäisen oikeusasteen tuomioistuimen päätös,johon ei voi hakea muutosta (if the case is within the jurisdiction of one court only, judgment by court of first and last resort). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | jugement en premier et dernier ressort (judgment by court of first and last resort). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | erstinstanzlicher Entscheid gegen welchen kein Rekurs eingelegt werden kann (if the case is within the jurisdiction of one court only, judgment by court of first and last resort). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mindent egybevetve (all in all, on the whole, taking everything into account), mindent összegezve. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sentenza in prima ed ultima istanza (if the case is within the jurisdiction of one court only, judgment by court of first and last resort). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 煙管乗り (cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きせるのり (cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | irstfay anday astlay decisão proferida em causa cujo valor não é superior alçada do tribunal que a profere (if the case is within the jurisdiction of one court only, judgment by court of first and last resort). (various references) mai degrabã (instead, rather than otherwise), în general (altogether, as a rule, broadly speaking, by and large, for the main, generally, generically, in the gross, in the main, on the whole). (various references) в общем и целом....первый и последний. (various references) först som sist, på det hela taget (all in all, on the whole, overall). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Chronicles Chapter 35, Verse 27 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai oi logoi autou oi prwtoi kai oi escatoi idou gegrammenoi epi bibliw basilewn israhl kai iouda |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Opera quoque illius prima et novissima scripta sunt in libro regum Israhel et Iuda |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And all his acts, first and last, are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. |
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| Language | 2 Chronicles Chapter 35, Verse 27 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang iyang mga buhat, sinugdan ug katapusan, ania karon, sila nanghisulat sa basahon sa mga hari sa Israel ug sa Juda. |
| Croatian | svi njegovi pothvati, od prvih do posljednjih, zapisani su u Knjizi o izraelskim i judejskim kraljevima. |
| Danish | hans Historie fra først til sidst står jo optegnet i Bogen om Israels og Judas Konger. |
| Dutch | Zijn geschiedenissen dan, de eerste en de laatste, ziet, die zijn geschreven in het boek der koningen van Israel en van Juda. |
| Finnish | hänen sekä aikaisemmista että myöhemmistä vaiheistaan, katso, se on kirjoitettuna Israelin ja Juudan kuningasten kirjassa. |
| French | ses premières et ses dernières actions, cela est écrit dans le livre des rois d`Israël et de Juda. |
| German | und seine Geschichten, beide, die ersten und die letzten, siehe, das ist geschrieben im Buch der Könige Israels und Juda's. |
| Haitian Creole | wi, tout istwa Jozyas la nèt, depi premye jou li te moute wa rive jouk dènye jou a, n'a jwenn tou sa ekri nan Liv Istwa Wa peyi Jida ak wa peyi Izrayèl yo. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | singkatnya, mengenai seluruh riwayat hidupnya dari mula sampai akhir, sudah dicatat dalam buku Sejarah Raja-raja Israel dan Yehuda. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | segala kisahnya, yang mula dan kemudian, bahwasanya tersuratlah ia itu di dalam kitab raja-raja Israel dan Yehuda. |
| Italian | le sue gesta, le prime come le ultime, ecco sono descritte nel libro dei re di Israele e di Giuda. |
| Maori | Ko ana meatanga o mua, o muri, nana, kei te tuhituhi i te pukapuka o nga kingi o Iharaira, o Hura. |
| Norwegian | hvad som er å fortelle om ham, både i hans første og i hans senere dager, det er opskrevet i boken om Israels og Judas konger. |
| Portuguese | e os seus atos, desde os primeiros até os últimos, eis que estão escritos no livro dos reis de Israel e de Judá. |
| Rumanian | cele dintki wi cele de pe urmq fapte ale lui, sknt scrise kn cartea kmpqrayilor lui Israel wi Iuda. |
| Spanish | sus hechos, los primeros y los últimos, he aquí que están escritos en el libro de los reyes de Israel y de Judá. |
| Swedish | och om annat som han företog sig under sin första tid såväl som under sin sista, det finnes upptecknat i boken om Israels och Juda konungar |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-f-i-l-n-r-s-s-t-t" | |
-3 letters: antidraft, dilatants, fantasist, fatalists. | |
-4 letters: artisans, diastral, dilatant, fantails, fantasts, fatalist, indrafts, laniards, radiants, rattails, satanist, tailfans, transits, tsarinas. | |
-5 letters: aldrins, antiars, antifat, aristas, artisan, artists, astrals, attains, dalasis, distant, fantail, fantast, farinas, indraft, instals, instars, islands, laniard, lariats, latrias, lattins, nadiral, radials, radians, radiant, ratlins, rattail, rattans, safaris, salinas, saltant, sandals, santirs. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-f-i-l-n-r-s-s-t-t" | |
+3 letters: antifederalists. | |
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