Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dead first

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.14 in modern English

Syllables: dead- -first
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

First, especially first place in a competition.

Example Sentences

"But when the Great Kroger Bagoff ended the other day at the Alexandria Drive store it was 22-year-old Daniel Vichitbandha who finished dead first."
"When I was going through basic training in the army, we had some physical tests, running, pushups, and such like stuff, and I finished dead last by a sizable margin. We also had an intelligence test, and I finished dead first, again by a sizable margin."
"Pittsburgh had finished second in the software firm's 1993 study, when Philadelphia also finished dead first."
"Once [sic] race I came in dead first and the other dead last."
"The Rams, meanwhile, finished dead first in last year's NFL Draft."

Synonyms

dead last

Questions

What does dead first mean?: First, especially first place in a competition.

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