for the first time
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Meaning · English
Experiencing something new and previously unknown
Literally: at the initial occasion
Register: neutral
Examples
When I was sixteen, I played tennis for the first time.Lần đầu tiên tôi chơi quần vợt là khi tôi 16 tuổi
That happened seventeen years before the Wright brothers flew for the first time.Việc đó xảy ra mười bảy năm trước khi hai anh em Wright bay thử lần đầu.
Tatoeba sentence #73314 (CC BY 2.0 FR, tatoeba.org, retrieved 2026-07-31)
Sources & notes
Everyday learner phrase (CEFR A1); level cross-referenced from published learner lists. Definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “for the first time” mean?
Experiencing something new and previously unknown Literally: at the initial occasion
Is “for the first time” formal or informal?
for the first time is generally neutral.