FIRST BASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does first base mean? 

• FIRST BASE (noun)
  The noun FIRST BASE has 3 senses:

1. the base that must be touched first by a base runner in baseball

2. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)

3. the initial stage in accomplishing something

  Familiarity information: FIRST BASE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIRST BASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The base that must be touched first by a base runner in baseball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("first base" is a kind of...):

bag; base (a place that the runner must touch before scoring)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

first; first base

Hypernyms ("first base" is a kind of...):

position ((in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player)

Holonyms ("first base" is a member of...):

baseball team (a team that plays baseball)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The initial stage in accomplishing something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

we didn't get to first base with that approach

Hypernyms ("first base" is a kind of...):

first step; initiative; opening; opening move (the first of a series of actions)