When considering why it has performed so miserably, however, the first definition may be more useful.
The first definition is being applied to Mr. Perez, and the second to the other two.
Writer says the first definition applies (ideally) to all Christians, and the 2nd & 3rd definitions characterize some Christians.
The OED's first definition of invention is dated 1509: "the action of coming upon or finding; discovery".
Not if you take the Oxford English Dictionary's first definition of that word (coined in 1788 by Patrick Henry with his irate question, "Is this federalism?").
The first definition of that word in my trusty Merriam-Webster CollEdition 11th Edition, begins, "a reference source in print or electronic form containing words usu.
Mr. Benson's first definition of the word planetfall is "the act or instance of sighting a planet after a space voyage".
In 1958 the first definition of aerospace engineering appeared, considering the Earth's atmosphere and the space above it as a single realm for development of flight vehicles.
The first definition is cultural: a sonic event can be called music if the people who use it call it music, regardless of one's own reaction to it.
The first definition of "design" in the Oxford English Dictionary is dated 1548, as a verb meaning to "indicate" or "designate".
The first definition of "davenport," for instance, in three of the fives sources used by Wordnik is a kind of small writing desk.
