Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɜːst taɪm/Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#FIRSTTIME
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɜɹst taɪm/Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#FIRSTTIME

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  Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#FIRSTTIME

Noun

first time (plural first times)Category:English lemmas#FIRSTTIMECategory:English nouns#FIRSTTIMECategory:English countable nouns#FIRSTTIMECategory:English multiword terms#FIRSTTIMECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FIRSTTIMECategory:Pages with entries#FIRST%20TIMECategory:Pages with 1 entry#FIRST%20TIME

1. (euphemisticCategory:English euphemisms#FIRSTTIME) An individual's first instance of sexual intercourse.

   Do you remember your first time?Category:English terms with usage examples#FIRSTTIME

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see first,‎ time.

   I'm flying to Castile next week. It'll be the first time I’ve been there.Category:English terms with usage examples#FIRSTTIME

   • 1971, Lyndon Johnson, “The Beginning”, in The Vantage Point‎, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 11:

     Just a minute or so before we left — it must have been about 1:30 p.m. — Assistant Press Secretary Malcolm Kilduff came into the room and addressed me as "Mr. President." This was the first time anyone had called me that and I must have looked startled; I certainly felt strange.

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   • 2025 October 15, David Stubbings, “News: TfL submits business case to DfT for transfer of Northern City Line services”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 11:

     If its submission is approved, it would not be the first time TfL has taken over services from a train operating company.

     Category:English terms with quotations#FIRSTTIME

Verb

first time (third-person singular simple present first times, present participle first timing, simple past and past participle first timed)Category:English lemmas#FIRSTTIMECategory:English verbs#FIRSTTIMECategory:English multiword terms#FIRSTTIMECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FIRSTTIMECategory:Pages with entries#FIRST%20TIMECategory:Pages with 1 entry#FIRST%20TIME

1. (chiefly video gamesCategory:en:Video games#FIRSTTIME, transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#FIRSTTIME) To try for the first time.

   I'm first timing this game.Category:English terms with usage examples#FIRSTTIME

   Looking forward to first time this champion in my ranked games.Category:English terms with usage examples#FIRSTTIME

See also

• first-time