first base

1. Baseball

a. The first of the bases in the infield, counterclockwise from home plate.

b. The fielding position occupied by the first baseman.

2. Slang The first stage or step toward completion or success: "He never got to first base with any of his big wheels and deals" (Ross Macdonald).

first base

1. (Team Sports / Baseball) Baseball

a. the base that a runner must reach safely to score a hit, and the first of the three bases he must reach safely on the way to home plate in order to score a run

b. the fielding position nearest this base

get to first base Informal chiefly US and Canadian to accomplish the first step of an undertaking

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Noun	1.	first base - the base that must be touched first by a base runner in baseball bag, base - a place that the runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag"
	2.	first base - 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) first position - (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player; "what position does he play?" baseball team - a team that plays baseball
	3.	first base - the initial stage in accomplishing something; "we didn't get to first base with that approach" first step, opening move, initiative, opening - the first of a series of actions

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Beginnings
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initiative
line single
line-drive single
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Upon the baseball field Joe Welling stood by first base, his whole body quivering with excitement.

Winesberg, Ohio by Anderson, Sherwood View in context

First Baptist Church Tipton
First Baptist Church Tomball
First Baptist Church Vicksburg
First Baptist Church Woodstock
First Baptist Church Youth Ministry
First Baptist Church, Wills Point
First Baptist Community Development Corporation
First Baptist Day School
First Baptist Girls Choir
First Baptist Live Oak
First Baptist North Mobile
First Baptist North Spartanburg
First Baptist Spring Branch
First Baron Beveridge
First Baron Kelvin
First Baron Lytton
First Baron Macaulay
First Baron Marks of Broughton
First Baron Passfield
First Baron Raglan
First Baron Rutherford
First Baron Rutherford of Nelson
First Baron Tedder
First Baron Tennyson

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First Base Home School Association
first baseman
First baseman's glove
First Basin Credit Union
First Battle of Issus
First Battle of Philippi
First Battle of the Philippine Sea
First Battle of the Somme
First Battle of the Ypres
first battle of Ypres
First Battle: Battalion Corps
First Beer After Ground Alert
First Benefit Month
First bicuspid
First bicuspid
First bicuspid
First Biker on the Scene
First Bilingual Baptist Church
First Bishops' War
First Black Frame
First Blood
First Blood
First Blood (film)
First Blood (movie)
first blush
First board
First Book of Esdras