first time
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1. first time - Noun
2. first time - Adjective
3. first time - Verb
Meaning
One's first instance of sexual intercourse.
Do you remember your first time?
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see first, time.
first time (third-person singular simple present first times, present participle first timing, simple past and past participle first timed)
(chiefly video games, transitive) To try for the first time.
I'm first timing this game.
Looking forward to first time this champion in my ranked games.
first-time (not comparable)
Happening for the first time; doing something for the first time.
As a first-time skydiver, I felt more than a little nervous.
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About 40 percent of buyers with a mortgage, and 52 percent of first-time buyers, received loans or gifts from family or friends for the down payment, according to national data from Zillow.
According to election experts, first-time absentee voters, voters of color, and young voters are more likely to have their ballots rejected.
A fluffed clearance from Chats keeper Jordan Carey straight to Khalid Simmo saw the Heath winger drag his first-time shot wide as he aimed to score into an empty net from distance while Carey did well to hold Jack Taylor's low drive.
Alexandra Huynh coughed up possession under pressure from Raso, who punished the Wanderers defender further with a first-time shot from 20 metres that doubled Brisbane's tally.
Almost 60 per cent of practitioners said the COVID-19 pandemic had increased the frequency of violence against women, and the number of first-time family violence reports had gone up for 42 per cent of practitioners surveyed.
And for first-time voters and immigrants, Alvarado added, even the experience of attending a caucus can be confusing and alienating.