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Idiom

first and last

Meaning

A person's combined given name and surname.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“Please write your first and last name on the form.”

“The teacher asked every student to state their first and last name before starting the oral exam.”

“The official document required the applicant to provide their first and last name exactly as they appeared on their birth certificate.”

Examples

simple

“Please write your first and last name on the form.”

contextual

“The teacher asked every student to state their first and last name before starting the oral exam.”

complex

“The official document required the applicant to provide their first and last name exactly as they appeared on their birth certificate.”

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