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Meaning of first mover | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The initial agent that is the cause of all things; the prime mover.
  2. An early player in a market, such as the first company to commercialize a newly developed technology.

Examples

“The chiefeſt God firſt moouer of that Spheare, Enchac’d with thouſands euer ſhining lamps, Will ſooner burne the glorious frame of Heauen, Then ſhould it ſo conſpire my ouerthrow.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

first name First Nation First Nation band First Nationer First New England School first night

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