be on first-name terms
1on first name terms — adjective a) familiar with someone, such that one can address that person by his or her first name. My accountant was so bad I am now on first name terms with the tax department. b) in regular contact with a person or organisation …
2on first-name terms — ► on first name terms having a friendly and informal relationship. Main Entry: ↑first name …
3first name — first names N COUNT: usu poss N Your first name is the first of the names that were given to you when you were born. You can also refer to all of your names except your surname as your first names. Her first name was Mary. I don t know what her… …
4first name — ► NOUN ▪ a personal name given to someone at birth or baptism and used before a family name. ● on first name terms Cf. ↑on first name terms …
5first name — n 1.) the name or names that come before your family name = ↑Christian name →↑surname, last name ↑last name ▪ Her first name s Helen, but I don t know her surname. 2.) be on first name terms (with sb) BrE be on a fir …
6on first-name terms — having a friendly and informal relationship. → first name …
7first-name — I. ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ transitive verb Etymology: first name : to address by the first name the doctor s son from Edinburgh and the boy from Abilene were soon first naming each other T.C.Mendenhall †1924 II. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology …
8first name */ — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms first name : singular first name plural first names the name that comes before your family name I don t know his first name. be on first name terms with someone (= know them well enough to call them by their… …
9first name — noun (C) 1 the name or names that come before your family name: Her first name s Helen, but I don t know her surname. 2 be on first name terms (with sb) BrE, be on a first name basis AmE to know someone well enough to call them by their first… …
10first name — noun a personal name given to someone at birth or baptism and used before a family name. Phrases on first name terms having a friendly and informal relationship …