Meaning

2 senses
  1. The first-choice lineup of players in a team who start the game.

  2. The actors who will actually appear in a scene, as opposed to the stand-ins, or second team, who take their places for the purpose of setting up the shot.

More definitions
  • a team representing a college or university

Examples

8 sentences
  1. You're not ready for first team football yet.

  2. Following his injury, Tom was no longer included in the first team.

    deTom wurde nach seiner Verletzung nicht mehr in der ersten Mannschaft aufgestellt. — raggione

  3. After his injury, Tom was no longer picked for the first team.

    deTom wurde nach seiner Verletzung nicht mehr in der ersten Mannschaft aufgestellt. — raggione

  4. For the time being, we won't be picking Tom for the first team.

    deWir werden Tom vorläufig nicht mehr in der ersten Mannschaft aufstellen. — raggione

  5. We won't be putting Tom in the first team for the time being.

    deWir werden Tom vorläufig nicht mehr in der ersten Mannschaft aufstellen. — raggione

Forms

plural: first teams
Singularfirst team
Pluralfirst teams

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a team representing a college or university:varsity

Word family

1 related words

See also

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