first base
The base after home plate in a counter-clockwise path around a baseball infieldThe base after home plate in a counter-clockwise path around a baseball infield.
» He threw the ball to first base.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRTranslations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Examples
7 sentencesHe threw the ball to first base.
We just got to first base.
We have just gotten to first base.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)The base after home plate in a counter-clockwise path around a baseball infield.
The runner took his lead off first base.
пе́рвая ба́заpérvaja báza
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)
(broadly, countable, singular, singular only, uncountable)Completion of the first phase of an activity.
(countable, uncountable)The betting spot located immediately to the left of the dealer, which is first to receive cards and first to act.
(US, colloquial, countable, singular, singular only, uncountable)Kissing, regarded as the first phase of a sexual relationship.
I got to first base with Danny, and hope to get him naked this weekend.
Forms
plural: first bases| Singular | first base |
|---|---|
| Plural | first bases |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonyms- 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
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.